monabhar

monabhar

Irish

Etymology

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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
monabhar	mhonabhar	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “monmar, monbar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “monabar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "monabhar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.