amharc
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈavˠəɾˠk/[1]
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈafˠəɾˠk/[2] (as if spelled afarc)
- (Cois Fharraige, Rosmuc) IPA(key): /ˈaːfˠɾˠək/ (as if spelled afrac)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈãuwəɾˠk/[3]
Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish amarc m (“act of looking at; faculty of sight; object of sight, view, prospect”).[4]
Noun
[edit]amharc m (genitive singular amhairc, nominative plural amhairc)
- verbal noun of amharc
- sight, vision
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 1:
- tā afr̥k ə ŋar ʒō.
- [Tá amharc i ngearr dhó.]
- He is short-sighted.
- look
- Is fearr amharc amháin romhat ná dhá amharc i do dhiaidh.
- Foresight is better than hindsight. (proverb)
- (literally, “One look before you is better than two looks behind you.”)
- sight (a great deal, a lot)
Declension
[edit]Declension of amharc
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- amharc an lae m (“dawn”)
- amharc déshúileach m (“binocular vision”)
- amharc dúbailte m (“double vision”)
- amharc mara m (“seascape”)
- amharc na súl m (“eyesight”)
- amharc tíre m (“landscape”)
- amharcach (“sightly, pleasing to behold”)
- amharclann f (“theatre”)
- ar amharc (“in sight”)
- as amharc (“out of sight”)
- cianamharc m (“distant view”)
- claonamharc m (“sidelong look; squint”)
- gar-amharc m (“close-up view”)
- in amharc súl (“in appearance”)
- téigh as amharc (“disappear”, verb)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Irish amarcaid (“sees, beholds, views”, verb), from amarc (see above).[5]
Verb
[edit]amharc (present analytic amharcann, future analytic amharcfaidh, verbal noun amharc, past participle amharctha)
- (transitive, intransitive) look, see
- Bhí sé ag amharc amach as an bhfuinneog nuair a bhí mise ag dul thart.
- He was looking out the window when I went past.
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of amharc (first conjugation – B)
*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
Derived terms
[edit]- amharcaíl f (“(act of) peering; groping”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
amharc | n-amharc | hamharc | t-amharc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 54, page 29
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 1
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 48, page 22
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 amarc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “amarcaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amharc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aṁarc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 25
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish amarc m (“act of looking at; faculty of sight; object of sight, view, prospect”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]amharc m (genitive singular amhairc, plural amhairc)
- verbal noun of amhairc
- seeing, viewing
- sight, view
- vizzy or sight on a gun
- view, sight, observation
- beholding
- inspecting
- look, appearance
- fault
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “amharc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 amarc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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