bámhar

Irish

Alternative forms

• bádhmhar

Etymology

From bá +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑːvˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑːwəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaːwəɾˠ/

Adjective

bámhar (genitive singular masculine bámhair, genitive singular feminine bámhaire, plural bámhara, comparative bámhaire)

1. Synonym of báúil

Declension

Declension of bámhar

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bámhar	bhámhar	bámhara; bhámhara2
vocative	bhámhair		bámhara
genitive		bámhaire	bámhara	bámhar
dative	bámhar; bhámhar1	bhámhar; bhámhair (archaic)	bámhara; bhámhara2
Comparative	níos bámhaire
Superlative	is bámhaire

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of bámhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bámhar	bhámhar	mbámhar

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

Further reading

• “báúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 37
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bámhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN