amrae

Middle Irish

Adjective

amrae

1. Archaic spelling of amra.

Mutation

Mutation of amrae

radical	lenition	nasalization
amrae	unchanged	n-amrae

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

Old Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaβ̃rɘ]

Adjective

amrae

1. wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary

Inflection

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	amrae	amrae	amrae
Vocative	amrai
Accusative	amrae	amrai
Genitive	amrai	amrae	amrai
Dative	amru	amrai	amru
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	amrai	amrai
Vocative	amrai amru*
Accusative	amrai amru*
Genitive	amrae
Dative	amraib
Notes	* when substantivized

Derived terms

• adamrae

Descendants

• Middle Irish: amra, amrae (archaic spelling)
  • Irish: amhra

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “amrae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language