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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative allabhair allabhracha
Vocative a allabhair a allabhracha
Genitive allabhrach allabhracha
Dative allabhair allabhracha

Forms with the definite article

Case 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
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
allabhair n-allabhair hallabhair not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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