cnámhar

Irish

Etymology

From cnámh (“bone”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cnámhar (genitive singular masculine cnámhair, genitive singular feminine cnámhaire, plural cnámhara, comparative cnámhaire)

1. bony, ossiferous

Declension

Declension of cnámhar

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cnámhar	chnámhar	cnámhara; chnámhara2
vocative	chnámhair		cnámhara
genitive		cnámhaire	cnámhara	cnámhar
dative	cnámhar; chnámhar1	chnámhar; chnámhair (archaic)	cnámhara; chnámhara2
Comparative	níos cnámhaire
Superlative	is cnámhaire

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 cnámhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cnámhar	chnámhar	gcnámhar

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

References

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cnámhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm