gaofar
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish gáethmar.[2] By surface analysis, gaoth (“wind”) + -mhar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gaofar (genitive singular masculine gaofair, genitive singular feminine gaofaire, plural gaofara, comparative gaofaire)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | gaofar | ghaofar | gaofara; ghaofara2 | |
| vocative | ghaofair | gaofara | ||
| genitive | gaofaire | gaofara | gaofar | |
| dative | gaofar; ghaofar1 |
ghaofar; ghaofair (archaic) |
gaofara; ghaofara2 | |
| Comparative | níos gaofaire | |||
| Superlative | is gaofaire | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|
| gaofar | ghaofar | ngaofar |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “gaofar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gáethmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 131
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gaoṫṁar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 352
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gaofar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN