armúr

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

armúr m (genitive singular armúir)

1. armour

Declension

Declension of armúr

First declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-armúr Genitive an armúir Dative leis an armúr don armúr

Derived terms

• armúr colainne (“body armour”)
• armúr plátáilte (“plate-armour”)
• armúrtha (“armoured, armour-clad”, adjective)
• sliogán pollta armúir (“armour-piercing shell”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “armúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “armour”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024