amplóir

Irish

Etymology

From ampla (“hunger, famine; greed, voracity”) +‎ -óir.

Noun

amplóir m (genitive singular amplóra, nominative plural amplóirí)

1. hungry person
2. greedy person, glutton

   Synonyms: amplachán, craosaire, sutha

Declension

Declension of amplóir (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative amplóir amplóra vocative a amplóra a amplóira genitive amplóra amplóir dative amplóir amplóra forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-amplóir na hamplóra genitive an amplóra na n-amplóir dative leis an amplóir don amplóir leis na hamplóra

Mutation

Mutated forms of amplóir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amplóir	n-amplóir	hamplóir	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amplóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amplóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “amplóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025