bláfar

Irish

Alternative forms

• bláthmhar (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish bláthmar. By surface analysis, bláth (“flower, bloom”) +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠlˠɑːfˠəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠlˠæːfˠəɾˠ/

Adjective

bláfar (genitive singular masculine bláfair, genitive singular feminine bláfaire, plural bláfara, comparative bláfaire)

1. blooming, beautiful
2. tidy
3. demure
4. (music) florid

Declension

Declension of bláfar

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bláfar	bhláfar	bláfara; bhláfara2
vocative	bhláfair		bláfara
genitive		bláfaire	bláfara	bláfar
dative	bláfar; bhláfar1	bhláfar; bhláfair (archaic)	bláfara; bhláfara2
Comparative	níos bláfaire
Superlative	is bláfaire

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 bláfar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bláfar	bhláfar	mbláfar

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bláfar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bláthmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bláfar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bláfar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024