amhas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish amos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi- (“around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).

Noun

amhas m (genitive singular amhais, nominative plural amhais)

  1. (literary)
    1. hireling, servant
    2. hired soldier, mercenary
    3. hooligan
    4. (plural, amhais (bheaga)) unruly children

Declension
Declension of amhas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amhas amhais
Vocative a amhais a amhasa
Genitive amhais amhas
Dative amhas amhais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-amhas na hamhais
Genitive an amhais na n-amhas
Dative leis an amhas

don amhas

 leis na hamhais

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • amhsach (“wild, unruly”, adjective)
  • amhsán (“cur”)
  • ceantar na n-amhas (“underworld”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
amhas n-amhas hamhas t-amhas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “amhas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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