amlabar

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *amɸlabaros. Equivalent to am- +‎ labar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.β̃lə.βəɾ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈa.β̃la.βaɾ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈa.β̃lə.βəɾ]

Adjective

amlabar

1. dumb, mute

Inflection

o/ā-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	amlabar	amlabar	amlabar
vocative	amlabair* amlabar**
accusative	amlabar	amlabair
genitive	amlabair	amlaibre	amlabair
dative	amlabur	amlabair	amlabur
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	amlabair	amlabra
vocative	amlabru amlabra†
accusative	amlabru amlabra†
genitive	amlabar
dative	amlabraib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: amhlabhar

Mutation

Mutation of amlabar

radical	lenition	nasalization
amlabar (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	amlabar	n-amlabar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old 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), “amlabar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language