amhlabhar
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish amlabar (“dumb, mute”).
Adjective
[edit]amhlabhar (genitive singular masculine amhlabhair, genitive singular feminine amhlaibhre, plural amhlabhra, comparative amhlaibhre)
Declension
[edit]Declension of amhlabhar
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | amhlabhar | amhlabhar | amhlabhra | |
Vocative | amhlabhair | amhlabhra | ||
Genitive | amhlaibhre | amhlabhra | amhlabhar | |
Dative | amhlabhar | amhlabhar; amhlabhair (archaic) |
amhlabhra | |
Comparative | níos amhlaibhre | |||
Superlative | is amhlaibhre |
Related terms
[edit]- amhlabhra (“inarticulateness”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
amhlabhar | n-amhlabhar | hamhlabhar | 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) “amhlabhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN