aimrid

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aimbrit (“barren, childless”).

Adjective

aimrid (genitive singular masculine aimrid, genitive singular feminine aimride, plural aimride, comparative aimride)

  1. (of person or animal) sterile, barren

Declension
Declension of aimrid
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative aimrid aimrid aimride
Vocative aimrid aimride
Genitive aimride aimride aimrid
Dative aimrid aimrid;
aimrid (archaic)		 aimride
Comparative níos aimride
Superlative is aimride

Synonyms
  • (of animal): seasc

Derived terms
  • aimridigh (“make barren, sterilize”, verb)

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

References
  • "aimrid" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “aimbrit” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aimbrit (“barren, childless”).

Adjective

aimrid (genitive singular feminine aimride, nominative plural aimride, comparative aimride)

  1. sterile
  2. barren
  3. childless
  4. infertile

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “aimbrit” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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