amnair

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *awontīr (compare Welsh ewythr, Breton eontr, Cornish ewnter), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“relative, descendant”) (compare Middle Irish ó, Latin avus (“grandfather”), dialectal German Awwe (“grandfather”), Ohm (“uncle”)).

Noun

amnair m

  1. maternal uncle

Inflection

Masculine r-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
amnair unchanged n-amnair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “amnair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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