amhlabhar

Irish

Alternative forms

• amhlabhrach

Etymology

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

Adjective

amhlabhar (genitive singular masculine amhlabhair, genitive singular feminine amhlaibhre, plural amhlabhra, comparative amhlaibhre)

1. inarticulate

Declension

Declension of amhlabhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

• amhlabhra (“inarticulateness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

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