amhlaidh

See also: Amhlaidh

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ̃ũl̪ˠɪɟ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑvl̪ˠə/, /ˈɑul̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈãulˠi/, /ˈãul̪ˠi/

Adverb

amhlaidh

1. thus, so
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 13:

     is avl̄ə tā šē.

     [Is amhlaidh atá sé.]

     That’s how it is.

     (literally, “’Tis thus that it is.”)

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 13:

     ȷerĭm gə wil šē avl̄ə.

     [Deirim go bhfuil sé amhlaidh.]

     I say that it’s like that.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 13:

     ȷ ētəx šin ə ve avl̄ə.

     [D’fhéadfadh sin a bheith amhlaidh.]

     That could be true; that could be that way

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.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aṁlaiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 26
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhlaidh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN