luachmhar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lógmar (“precious, valuable”), from lóg (“value”) + -mar. By surface analysis, luach +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠuəxvˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠuəxwəɾˠ/

Adjective

luachmhar (genitive singular masculine luachmhair, genitive singular feminine luachmhaire, plural luachmhara, comparative luachmhaire)

1. valuable, costly, precious

Declension

Declension of luachmhar

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	luachmhar	luachmhar	luachmhara
vocative	luachmhair		luachmhara
genitive		luachmhare	strong noun	weak noun
			luachmhara	luachmhar
dative	luachmhar	luachmhar; luachmhair (archaic)	luachmhara
Comparative	níos luachmhare
Superlative	is luachmhare

Synonyms

• (precious): lómhar², maoineach

Derived terms

• luachmhaireacht f (“costliness, preciousness”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luachmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lógmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language