allabhrach

Irish

Etymology 1

From allabhair (“echo”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

allabhrach (genitive singular masculine allabhraigh, genitive singular feminine allabhraí, plural allabhracha, comparative allabhraí)

1. evocative

   Synonym: dúisitheach

Declension

Declension of allabhrach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	allabhrach	allabhrach	allabhracha
vocative	allabhraigh		allabhracha
genitive		allabhraí	allabhracha	allabhrach
dative	allabhrach	allabhrach; allabhraigh (archaic)	allabhracha
Comparative	níos allabhraí
Superlative	is allabhraí

Etymology 2

Noun

allabhrach f sg

1. genitive singular of allabhair (“echo”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of allabhrach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
allabhrach	n-allabhrach	hallabhrach	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) “allabhrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “allabhrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024