amhsóir

Irish

Etymology

From amhas +‎ -óir.

Noun

amhsóir m (genitive singular amhsóra, nominative plural amhsóirí)

1. Synonym of amhas (“hooligan”)

Declension

Declension of amhsóir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative amhsóir amhsóirí vocative a amhsóir a amhsóirí genitive amhsóra amhsóirí dative amhsóir amhsóirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-amhsóir na hamhsóirí genitive an amhsóra na n-amhsóirí dative leis an amhsóir don amhsóir leis na hamhsóirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhsóir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhsóir	n-amhsóir	hamhsóir	t-amhsóir

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) “amhsóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “yob”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024