amhnas

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

amhnas (genitive singular masculine amhnais, genitive singular feminine amhnaise, plural amhnasa, comparative amhnaise)

1. (literary) sharp, severe
2. (literary) keen, astute

Declension

Declension of amhnas

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	amhnas	amhnas	amhnasa
vocative	amhnais		amhnasa
genitive		amhnase	amhnasa	amhnas
dative	amhnas	amhnas; amhnais (archaic)	amhnasa
Comparative	níos amhnase
Superlative	is amhnase

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhnas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhnas	n-amhnas	hamhnas	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhnas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN