allabhair
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Old Irish allabair. Sometimes explained as alla (“cliff”) + labair (“speak”) or ath- (“re-, again”) + labair (“speak”), but these may be folk etymologies.
Noun[edit]
allabhair f (genitive singular allabhrach, nominative plural allabhracha)
Declension[edit]
Declension of allabhair
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- allabhrach (“evocative”, adjective)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
allabhair | n-allabhair | hallabhair | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “allabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN