amhlabhra
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish amlabra (“dumbness”), from amlabar (“dumb, mute”).
Noun edit
amhlabhra f (genitive singular amhlabhra)
- inarticulateness, bad delivery
Declension edit
Declension of amhlabhra
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- amhlabhrach (“crude of speech; inarticulate”, adjective)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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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 edit
- 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