amaróid

Irish

Etymology

Apparently from the synonymous amarrán, with the suffix -án replaced by -óid. The word does not appear in the Dictionary of the Irish Language or the Irish Historical Corpus, suggesting it is either not very old or belonged exclusively to the spoken language until recently.

Noun

amaróid f (genitive singular amaróide, nominative plural amaróidí)

  1. misfortune

Declension

Declension of amaróid (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative amaróid amaróidí
vocative a amaróid a amaróidí
genitive amaróide amaróidí
dative amaróid amaróidí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an amaróid na hamaróidí
genitive na hamaróide na n-amaróidí
dative leis an amaróid
don amaróid 		leis na hamaróidí

Mutation

Mutated forms of amaróid
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amaróid n-amaróid hamaróid 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

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “amaróid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 39; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “amaróid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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