amhsach

Irish

Alternative forms

• amhasach, amhasmhar

Etymology

From amhas (“hireling, servant; hired soldier, mercenary; hooligan”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

amhsach (genitive singular masculine amhsaigh, genitive singular feminine amhsaí, plural amhsacha, comparative amhsaí)

1. wild, unruly

Declension

Declension of amhsach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	amhsach	amhsach	amhsacha
vocative	amhsaigh		amhsacha
genitive		amhsaí	amhsacha	amhsach
dative	amhsach	amhsach; amhsaigh (archaic)	amhsacha
Comparative	níos amhsaí
Superlative	is amhsaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhsach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhsach	n-amhsach	hamhsach	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) “amhsach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN