biamhar

Irish

Alternative forms

• biadhmhar (obsolete)

Etymology

bia (“food”) +‎ -mhar

Adjective

biamhar (genitive singular masculine biamhair, genitive singular feminine biamhaire, plural biamhara, comparative biamhaire)

1. (rare) abounding in food

Declension

Declension of biamhar

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	biamhar	bhiamhar	biamhara; bhiamhara2
vocative	bhiamhair		biamhara
genitive		biamhaire	biamhara	biamhar
dative	biamhar; bhiamhar1	bhiamhar; bhiamhair (archaic)	biamhara; bhiamhara2
Comparative	níos biamhaire
Superlative	is biamhaire

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 biamhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
biamhar	bhiamhar	mbiamhar

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bíadmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “biaḋṁar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 65
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “biamhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “biamhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “biamhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024