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
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