aimride

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aimbrite (“barrenness, childlessness”).

Noun

aimride f (genitive singular aimride)

1. barrenness, sterility

Declension

Declension of aimride

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aimride Vocative a aimride Genitive aimride Dative aimride

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an aimride Genitive na haimride Dative leis an aimride don aimride

Related terms

• aimridigh (“make barren, sterilize, fix”, transitive verb)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

aimride

1. inflection of aimrid (“barren, sterile”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
   3. comparative degree

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Entries containing “aimride” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “aimride” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aimride”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aimbrite”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language