amhantrach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From amhantar (“chance, venture; lucky find, windfall”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]amhantrach (genitive singular masculine amhantraigh, genitive singular feminine amhantraí, plural amhantracha, comparative amhantraí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | amhantrach | amhantrach | amhantracha | |
| vocative | amhantraigh | amhantracha | ||
| genitive | amhantraí | amhantracha | amhantrach | |
| dative | amhantrach | amhantrach; amhantraigh (archaic) |
amhantracha | |
| Comparative | níos amhantraí | |||
| Superlative | is amhantraí | |||
Antonyms
[edit]- mí-amhantrach (“unfortunate”)
Related terms
[edit]- amhantraí (“speculator”)
- amhantraíocht (“speculation”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| amhantrach | n-amhantrach | hamhantrach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhantrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amhantrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “amhantrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024