nósmhar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish nósmar, from nós + -mar (corresponding to nós +‎ -mhar).

Adjective

nósmhar (genitive singular masculine nósmhair, genitive singular feminine nósmhaire, plural nósmhara, comparative nósmhaire)

1. customary
2. formal, conventional
3. polite
4. (literary) famous

Declension

Declension of nósmhar

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	nósmhar	nósmhar	nósmhara
vocative	nósmhair		nósmhara
genitive		nósmhaire	nósmhara	nósmhar
dative	nósmhar	nósmhar; nósmhair (archaic)	nósmhara
Comparative	níos nósmhaire
Superlative	is nósmhaire

Synonyms

• nósúil

Derived terms

• nósmhaireacht

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nósmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nósmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “nósmhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “nósmhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025