hamstair

Scottish Gaelic

Hamstair.

Etymology

Borrowed from English hamster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhãũ̯ms̪tɛɾʲ/

Noun

hamstair m

1. hamster

Declension

Declension of hamstair (class IId masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hamstair	hamstairean
Genitive	hamstair	hamstairean
Dative	hamstair	hamstairean
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) hamstair	(na) hamstairean
Genitive	(an) hamstair	(nan) hamstairean
Dative	(an) hamstair	(na) hamstairean
Vocative	hamstair	hamstairean

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
hamstair	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “hamstair”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 352