lógmar

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• lúachmar

Etymology

From lóg (“value”) +‎ -mar.

Adjective

lógmar

1. precious, valuable
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 87^b9

     .i. amal rundgab in beu-idbart-sin, nochis edbart logmar insin hi recht.

     i.e. as that live-offering is; and yet that is a precious offering in the Law.

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lógmar	lógmar	lógmar
Vocative	lógmair* lógmar**
Accusative	lógmar	lógmair
Genitive	lógmair	lógmaire	lógmair
Dative	lógmur	lógmair	lógmur
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	lógmair	lógmara
Vocative	lógmaru lógmara†
Accusative	lógmaru lógmara†
Genitive	lógmar
Dative	lógmaraib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: luachmhar
• Scottish Gaelic: luachmhor

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lógmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language