monabhar

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish monmar, monbar, a variant of murmur, borrowed from Latin murmur.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔnˠəvˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʊnˠəwəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔnˠəwəɾˠ/

Noun

monabhar m (genitive singular monabhair)

1. (act of) murmuring, murmur

Declension

Declension of monabhar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative monabhar vocative a mhonabhair genitive monabhair dative monabhar forms with the definite article case singular nominative an monabhar genitive an mhonabhair dative leis an monabhar don mhonabhar

Derived terms

• monabhrach (“murmurer; whisperer, detractor; murmuring”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of monabhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
monabhar	mhonabhar	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “monmar, monbar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “monabar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 495
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “monabhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN