amlóir

Irish

Alternative forms

• amalóir

Etymology

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Noun

amlóir m (genitive singular amlóra, nominative plural amlóirí)

1. foolish man
2. awkward man

Declension

Declension of amlóir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative amlóir amlóirí Vocative a amlóir a amlóirí Genitive amlóra amlóirí Dative amlóir amlóirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-amlóir na hamlóirí Genitive an amlóra na n-amlóirí Dative leis an amlóir don amlóir leis na hamlóirí

Synonyms

• amlachán

Derived terms

• amlóireacht f (“foolishness; awkwardness”)

Related terms

• amlóg f (“foolish woman; awkward woman”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amlóir	n-amlóir	hamlóir	t-amlóir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amlóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN