amhantar

amhantar

Irish

Noun

amhantar m (genitive singular amhantair, nominative plural amhantair)

1. chance, venture
2. lucky find, windfall

Declension

Declension of amhantar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative amhantar amhantair Vocative a amhantair a amhantara Genitive amhantair amhantar Dative amhantar amhantair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-amhantar na hamhantair Genitive an amhantair na n-amhantar Dative leis an amhantar don amhantar leis na hamhantair

Derived terms

• amhantrach (“venturesome, risky; lucky”, adjective)
• amhantraí (“speculator”)
• amhantraíocht (“speculation”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhantar	n-amhantar	hamhantar	t-amhantar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "amhantar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “venture” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “windfall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.