"amhas" meaning in Irish

See amhas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɑusˠ/ [Munster], /ˈãuwəsˠ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish amus, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi- (“around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Related to English ambassador. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|amus}} Old Irish amus, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*ambaxtos|t=servant}} Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”), {{der|ga|ine-pro|*h₂m̥bʰi-||around}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi- (“around”), {{cog|en|ambassador}} English ambassador Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|amhais|||||||nominative plural|amhais|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} amhas m (genitive singular amhais, nominative plural amhais), {{ga-noun|m|amhais|amhais}} amhas m (genitive singular amhais, nominative plural amhais) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut|msn}} Forms: amhais [genitive, singular], amhais [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], amhas [indefinite, nominative, singular], amhais [indefinite, nominative, plural], a amhais [indefinite, singular, vocative], a amhasa [indefinite, plural, vocative], amhais [genitive, indefinite, singular], amhas [genitive, indefinite, plural], amhas [dative, indefinite, singular], amhais [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an t-amhas [definite, nominative, singular], na hamhais [definite, nominative, plural], an amhais [definite, genitive, singular], na n-amhas [definite, genitive, plural], leis an amhas [dative, definite, singular], don amhas [dative, definite, singular], leis na hamhais [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], amhas [error-unrecognized-form], n-amhas [error-unrecognized-form], hamhas [error-unrecognized-form], t-amhas [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. hireling (someone hired to perform unpleasant tasks) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-amhas-ga-noun-DAXbZ7KZ Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 54 41 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 42 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 34 4
  2. soldier of fortune, mercenary Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-amhas-ga-noun-MSmuJdXW Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 42 9
  3. hooligan Tags: masculine Synonyms: amhasóir, maistín
    Sense id: en-amhas-ga-noun-nWXhV5QW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: amhasóir (english: hooligan) [masculine], amhsach (english: wild, unruly) [adjective], amhsán (english: cur) [diminutive, masculine], ceantar na n-amhas (english: underworld)
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "source": "declension",
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      "ipa": "/ˈãuwəsˠ/",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "hireling (someone hired to perform unpleasant tasks)"
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      "ipa": "/ˈãuwəsˠ/",
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        "Ulster"
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  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for amhas meaning in Irish (4.8kB)

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.