ammus

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmːus/, [ˈɑmːus̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːus
• Syllabification^(key): am‧mus

amm +‎ -us

ammus

1. projectile (general term for any kind of firearm projectile)
2. (in the plural) ammunition

• ampua

ammus

1. second-person singular present imperative of ampua (with the suffix -s)

ammus

1. second-person singular present imperative of ammua (with the suffix -s)

• sammu, samum, summa

From the same root as ames (“to be dirty”).

ammus m (construct wammus, plural ammusen, construct plural wammusen)

1. filth, dirt

• amas (late form)

From a byform *admessus, a derivative of Proto-Celtic *messus, the ancestor of mess (“judgement”). Equivalent henceforth to ad- +‎ mess. The syncope of the front vowel in the second syllable triggered the palatalization of the ms cluster in the oblique stems, with u-infection obscuring the original front vowel in the rest of the declension.

• IPA^(key): /ˈamus/

ammus m

1. verbal noun of ad·midethar
2. attempt, effort
3. act of tempting, temptation
4. act of attacking; attack
5. guess, conjecture
6. act of hitting the mark
7. (poetry) assonance, imperfect rhyme

• Irish: amas

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ammus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language