amhantar

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

amhantar m (genitive singular amhantair, nominative plural amhantair)

  1. chance, venture
  2. lucky find, windfall

Declension
Declension of amhantar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amhantar amhantair
Vocative a amhantair a amhantara
Genitive amhantair amhantar
Dative amhantar amhantair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-amhantar na hamhantair
Genitive an amhantair na n-amhantar
Dative leis an amhantar

don amhantar

 leis na hamhantair

Derived terms

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

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