aimhleas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aimles m (“harm”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːlʲəsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑvl̠ʲas/ ~ /ˈɑvlʲas/ ~ /ˈavl̠ʲas/ ~ /ˈavlʲas/

Noun

aimhleas m (genitive singular aimhleasa or aimhlis)

1. harm, detriment; evil

Declension

Declension of aimhleas (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative aimhleas vocative a aimhleas genitive aimhleasa dative aimhleas forms with the definite article singular nominative an t-aimhleas genitive an aimhleasa dative leis an aimhleas don aimhleas

Derived terms

• aimhleasach (“harmful, detrimental; misguided”, adjective)
• aimhleasta (“misguided; wild, unruly”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aimhleas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aimhleas	n-aimhleas	haimhleas	t-aimhleas

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “aiṁleas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 11
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aimhleas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aimles m (“disadvantage, harm, mischief; evil report, false charge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈãĩləs̪/

Noun

aimhleas m (genitive singular aimhleis, no plural)

1. harm, bane, ruin, mischief, misfortune

Mutation

Mutation of aimhleas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aimhleas	n-aimhleas	h-aimhleas	t-aimhleas

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “aimhleas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimles”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language