carbónmhar
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From carbón (“carbon”) + -mhar.
Adjective
[edit]carbónmhar (genitive singular masculine carbónmhair, genitive singular feminine carbónmhaire, plural carbónmhara, comparative carbónmhaire)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | carbónmhar | charbónmhar | carbónmhara; charbónmhara2 | |
| vocative | charbónmhair | carbónmhara | ||
| genitive | carbónmhaire | carbónmhara | carbónmhar | |
| dative | carbónmhar; charbónmhar1 |
charbónmhar; charbónmhair (archaic) |
carbónmhara; charbónmhara2 | |
| Comparative | níos carbónmhaire | |||
| Superlative | is carbónmhaire | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| carbónmhar | charbónmhar | gcarbónmhar |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carbónmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “carbónmhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm