antúr

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

antúr m (genitive singular antúir, nominative plural antúir)

1. (anatomy) antrum
2. cave, cavity

Declension

Declension of antúr (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative antúr antúir vocative a antúir a antúra genitive antúir antúr dative antúr antúir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-antúr na hantúir genitive an antúir na n-antúr dative leis an antúr don antúr leis na hantúir

Mutation

Mutated forms of antúr

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
antúr	n-antúr	hantúr	t-antúr

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) “antúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN