amhras

Irish

Alternative forms

• aimhreas

Etymology

From Old Irish amaires (“unbelief”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈauɾˠəsˠ/, /ˈãũɾˠəsˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈavˠɾˠəsˠ/, /ˈãvˠɾˠəsˠ/, /ˈanˠvˠɾˠəsˠ/

Noun

amhras m (genitive singular amhrais)

1. doubt

   gan amhras ― without doubt, undoubtedly

   Chuir sé amhras ar mo scéal.

   He cast doubt on my story.

2. 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.

3. opinion, guess; speculation

Declension

Declension of amhras (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative amhras vocative a amhrais genitive amhrais dative amhras forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-amhras genitive an amhrais dative leis an amhras don amhras

Synonyms

• amhairisc
• dabht

Derived terms

• 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

Mutated forms of amhras

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhras	n-amhras	hamhras	t-amhras

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• 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 [The Aran Dialect] (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 [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 68