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

• macalla

Derived terms

• allabhrach (“evocative”, adjective)

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “allabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN