achmair
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]achmair (genitive singular masculine achmair, genitive singular feminine achmaire, plural achmaire, comparative achmaire)
- Alternative form of achomair (“concise, brief; summary; near, close to”)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | achmair | achmair | achmaire | |
vocative | achmair | achmaire | ||
genitive | achmaire | achmaire | achmair | |
dative | achmair | achmair | achmaire | |
Comparative | níos achmaire | |||
Superlative | is achmaire |
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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achmair | n-achmair | hachmair | 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
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 330, page 114
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “achmair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN