monabhar

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish monmar, monbar, a variant of murmur, borrowed from Latin murmur.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔnˠəvˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʊnˠəwəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔnˠəwəɾˠ/

Noun

monabhar m (genitive singular monabhair)

1. (act of) murmuring, murmur

Declension

Declension of monabhar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative monabhar Vocative a mhonabhair Genitive monabhair Dative monabhar

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an monabhar Genitive an mhonabhair Dative leis an monabhar don mhonabhar

Derived terms

• monabhrach (“murmurer; whisperer, detractor; murmuring”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
monabhar	mhonabhar	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “monmar, monbar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “monabar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 495
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “monabhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN