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
singular plural
nominative allabhair allabhracha
vocative a allabhair a allabhracha
genitive allabhrach allabhracha
dative allabhair allabhracha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an allabhair na hallabhracha
genitive na hallabhrach na n-allabhracha
dative leis an allabhair
don allabhair 		leis na hallabhracha

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of allabhair
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
allabhair n-allabhair hallabhair not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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