amhlaidh

From Middle Irish amlaid, from Old Irish samlaid (“thus, so”).

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑvl̪ˠə/, /ˈɑwl̪ˠə/

amhlaidh

1. thus, so
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 13:

     is avl̄ə tā šē.

     conventional orthography: Is amhlaidh atá sé. (“That’s how it is.”)

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 13:

     ȷerĭm gə wil šē avl̄ə.

     conventional orthography: Deirim go bhfuil sé amhlaidh. (“I say that it’s like that.”)

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 13:

     ȷ ētəx šin ə ve avl̄ə.

     conventional orthography: D’fhéadfadh sin a bheith amhlaidh. (“That could be true.”)

• “1 amlaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “aṁlaiḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "amhlaidh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.