amhlabhra

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish amlabra (“dumbness”), from amlabar (“dumb, mute”).

Noun

amhlabhra f (genitive singular amhlabhra)

1. inarticulateness, bad delivery

Declension

Declension of amhlabhra

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative amhlabhra Vocative a amhlabhra Genitive amhlabhra Dative amhlabhra

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an amhlabhra Genitive na hamhlabhra Dative leis an amhlabhra don amhlabhra

Derived terms

• amhlabhrach (“crude of speech; inarticulate”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhlabhra	n-amhlabhra	hamhlabhra	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhlabhra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “amlabra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language