éadmhar

Irish

Alternative forms

eudmhar, eudbhar (obsolete)^[1]
éadúil

Etymology

From Middle Irish édmar.^[2] By surface analysis, éad (“jealousy; envy”) +‎ -mhar. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic eudmhor.

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠuɾˠ/, [ˈɛə̯d̪ˠuɾˠ]^[3]

Adjective

éadmhar (genitive singular masculine éadmhair, genitive singular feminine éadmhaire, plural éadmhara, comparative éadmhaire)

jealous, envious
- 1981, An Bíobla Naofa, Eaxodus, 34:14:
  Ná hadhair aon dia eile, óir An tÉadmhar is ainm don Tiarna; is Dia éadmhar é.
  Do not worship any other god, for Jealous is the Lord's name; he is a jealous God.

Declension

Declension of *éadmhar*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	éadmhar	éadmhar	éadmhara
vocative	éadmhair	éadmhar	éadmhara
genitive	éadmhair	éadmhaire	éadmhara	éadmhar
dative	éadmhar	éadmhar; éadmhair (archaic)	éadmhara
Comparative	níos éadmhaire
Superlative	is éadmhaire

Mutation

Mutated forms of *éadmhar*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éadmhar	n-éadmhar	héadmhar	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ “éadmhar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “étmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21