urlabhra

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish erlabrae, airlabrae.[1] By surface analysis, ur- +‎ labhra.

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʌɾˠl̪ˠu/[2] (as if spelled urladh)

Noun

urlabhra f (genitive singular urlabhra, nominative plural urlabhraí)

  1. faculty of speech, speech, utterance, expression
  2. manner of speech, diction

Declension
Declension of urlabhra

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative urlabhra urlabhraí
Vocative a urlabhra a urlabhraí
Genitive urlabhra urlabhraí
Dative urlabhra urlabhraí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an urlabhra na hurlabhraí
Genitive na hurlabhra na n-urlabhraí
Dative leis an urlabhra

don urlabhra

 leis na hurlabhraí

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
urlabhra n-urlabhra hurlabhra not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airlabrae or dil.ie/2160”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 25
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