amhras
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish amaires (“unbelief”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈauɾˠəsˠ/, /ˈãũɾˠəsˠ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈavˠɾˠəsˠ/, /ˈãvˠɾˠəsˠ/, /ˈanˠvˠɾˠəsˠ/
Noun
[edit]amhras m (genitive singular amhrais)
- doubt
- gan amhras ― without doubt, undoubtedly
- Chuir sé amhras ar mo scéal.
- He cast doubt on my story.
- suspicion (with ar plus the person or thing suspected)
- Tá amhras agam air; Tá mé in amhras air.
- I suspect him.
- Tá siad ag amhras orm.
- They’re suspicious of me.
- opinion, guess; speculation
Declension
[edit]Declension of amhras
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- amhrasach (“doubtful”, adjective)
- amhrasán (“suspicious person”)
- amhrastach (“suspect (person suspected of a crime)”)
- do-amhrais (“unmistakable”, adjective)
- drochamhras
- mí-amhras (“(unwarranted) suspicion”)
- neamh-amhras (“freedom from doubt”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| amhras | n-amhras | hamhras | t-amhras |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “am(a)ires”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aṁras”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 27
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 36
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 68
