aimrid

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aimbrit (barren, childless).

Adjective

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

  1. sterile, barren (of person or animal)

Declension

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

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

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aimrid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aimbrit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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