urlabhra

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish erlabrae, airlabrae.[1] By surface analysis, ur- +‎ labhra.

Pronunciation

Noun

urlabhra f (genitive singular urlabhra, nominative plural urlabhraí)

  1. speech
  2. diction

Declension

Declension of urlabhra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative urlabhra urlabhraí
vocative a urlabhra a urlabhraí
genitive urlabhra urlabhraí
dative urlabhra urlabhraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an urlabhra na hurlabhraí
genitive na hurlabhra na n-urlabhraí
dative leis an urlabhra
don urlabhra
leis na hurlabhraí

Mutation

Mutated forms of urlabhra
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
urlabhra n-urlabhra hurlabhra not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airlabrae or dil.ie/2160”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 57, page 25

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