armúr

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

armúr m (genitive singular armúir)

1. armour

Declension

Declension of armúr (first declension, no plural)

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

Derived terms

• armúr colainne (“body armour”)
• armúr plátáilte (“plate-armour”)
• armúrtha (“armoured, armour-clad”, adjective)
• sliogán pollta armúir (“armour-piercing shell”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of armúr

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
armúr	n-armúr	harmúr	t-armúr

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) “armúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “armour”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025