amhlaidh

See also: Amhlaidh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish amlaid, from Old Irish samlaid (“thus, so”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɑ̃ũl̪ˠɪɟ/[2]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɑvl̪ˠə/, /ˈɑul̪ˠə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈãulˠi/, /ˈãul̪ˠi/[3]

Adverb

amhlaidh

  1. thus, so
    For quotations using this term, see Citations:amhlaidh.

Particle

amhlaidh

  1. used to emphasise a verb
    Is amhlaidh a rinne sé airgead mór. ― The fact is, he made mint.
    Is amhlaidh a bhrisfeas tú an chathaoir mar sin. ― You're really going to break the chair like that.
  2. all the, all the more to express that something is even more the case in light of additional information [with is (+ comparative degree)]
    For quotations using this term, see Citations:amhlaidh.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 amlaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 68
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57

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