See also: -amhail Etymology From Old Irish amail, from samail. Noun amhail f (genitive singular amhla, nominative plural amhlacha) Synonym of samhail Preposition amhail (plus nominative, triggers no mutation) like as Synonyms ar chuma ar nós cosúil le dála fearacht mar Conjunction amhail like, as References Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhail”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN