amhlaidh

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

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

amhlaidh

1. thus, so
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 13:

     is avl̄ə tā šē.

     Is amhlaidh atá sé. (conventional orthography)

     That’s how it is.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 13:

     ȷerĭm gə wil šē avl̄ə.

     Deirim go bhfuil sé amhlaidh. (conventional orthography)

     I say that it’s like that.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 13:

     ȷ ētəx šin ə ve avl̄ə.

     D’fhéadfadh sin a bheith amhlaidh. (conventional orthography)

     That could be true.

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.

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 amlaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• 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
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 68