aimhleas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aimles m (harm).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈiːlʲəsˠ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɑvl̠ʲas/, /ˈɑvlas/, /ˈavl̠ʲas/, /ˈavlas/

Noun

aimhleas m (genitive singular aimhleasa or aimhlis)

  1. harm, detriment; evil

Declension

Derived terms

  • aimhleasach (harmful, detrimental; misguided, adjective)
  • aimhleasta (misguided; wild, unruly, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aimles m (disadvantage, harm, mischief; evil report, false charge).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈãĩləs̪/

Noun

aimhleas m (genitive singular aimhleis, no plural)

  1. harm, bane, ruin, mischief, misfortune

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aimhleasn-aimhleash-aimhleast-aimhleas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aimhleas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aimles”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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