múr – Irish noun declension

Irish noun forms of múr

Noun: múr

Gender: Masc

Forms without Article

Singular Nominativemúr
Singular Genitivemúir
Plural Nominativemúrtha
Plural Genitivemúrtha

Forms with Article

Singular Nominativean múr
Singular Genitivean mhúir
Plural Nominativena múrtha
Plural Genitivena múrtha

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like múr

glór, muirmhúr, múr, pór, stór, tuar,

Etymology

1. From Old Irish múr, from Latin mūrus.
2. The sense “abundance” also dates back to Old Irish and may be a metaphorical use of the sense “wall”.
3. The sense “shower” is not listed in DIL but may be an extension of the sense “mass of clouds”. See: Latin Nouns 'mūrus'.

Translations

  • wall, to enclose by surrounding with walls
  • pulverise, to completely destroy