allabhair

Irish

Etymology

Old Irish allabair. Sometimes explained as alla (“cliff”) +‎ labair (“speak”) or ath- (“re-, again”) +‎ labair (“speak”), but these may be folk etymologies.

Noun

allabhair f (genitive singular allabhrach, nominative plural allabhracha)

1. echo

Declension

Declension of allabhair

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative allabhair allabhracha Vocative a allabhair a allabhracha Genitive allabhrach allabhracha Dative allabhair allabhracha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an allabhair na hallabhracha Genitive na hallabhrach na n-allabhracha Dative leis an allabhair don allabhair leis na hallabhracha

Synonyms

• macalla

Derived terms

• allabhrach (“evocative”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “allabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN