ceolmhar
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish ceólmar.[1] By surface analysis, ceol (“music”) + -mhar (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈcoːl̪ˠvˠəɾˠ/[2]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcoːl̪ˠwəɾˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɔːl̪ˠwəɾˠ/
Adjective
[edit]ceolmhar (genitive singular masculine ceolmhair, genitive singular feminine ceolmhaire, plural ceolmhara, comparative ceolmhaire)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ceolmhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ceolmhar | cheolmhar | ceolmhara; cheolmhara² | |
| Vocative | cheolmhair | ceolmhara | ||
| Genitive | ceolmhaire | ceolmhara | ceolmhar | |
| Dative | ceolmhar; cheolmhar¹ |
cheolmhar; cheolmhair (archaic) |
ceolmhara; cheolmhara² | |
| Comparative | níos ceolmhaire | |||
| Superlative | is ceolmhaire | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- ceolmhaire f (“tunefulness”)
- ceolmhaireacht f (“tunefulness”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| ceolmhar | cheolmhar | gceolmhar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ceólmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 54, page 29
Further reading
[edit]- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceolmhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ceolmhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceolmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN