cionmhar
Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From cion (“share, amount”) + -mhar.
Adjective
[edit]cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair, genitive singular feminine cionmhaire, plural cionmhara, comparative cionmhaire)
- (politics) proportional (of voting system)
Derived terms
[edit]- ionadaíocht chionmhar (“proportional representation”)
Etymology 2
[edit]From cion (“love, affection”) + -mhar.
Adjective
[edit]cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair, genitive singular feminine cionmhaire, plural cionmhara, comparative cionmhaire)
- Synonym of ceanúil (“loving, affectionate”)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | cionmhar | chionmhar | cionmhara; chionmhara2 | |
| vocative | chionmhair | cionmhara | ||
| genitive | cionmhaire | cionmhara | cionmhar | |
| dative | cionmhar; chionmhar1 |
chionmhar; chionmhair (archaic) |
cionmhara; chionmhara2 | |
| Comparative | níos cionmhaire | |||
| Superlative | is cionmhaire | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|
| cionmhar | chionmhar | gcionmhar |
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) “cionmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “cionmhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024