ómra

See also: områ

Irish

Etymology

From Middle French ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoːmˠɾˠə]

Noun

ómra m (genitive singular ómra)

1. amber

Declension

Declension of ómra (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ómra vocative a ómra genitive ómra dative ómra forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-ómra genitive an ómra dative leis an ómra don ómra

Derived terms

• ómrach (“amber”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ómra

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ómra	n-ómra	hómra	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ómra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “omra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language