plúrmhar
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From plúr (“flour; flower”) + -mhar (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]plúrmhar (genitive singular masculine plúrmhair, genitive singular feminine plúrmhaire, plural plúrmhara, comparative plúrmhaire)
- Synonym of plúrach (“floury, farinaceous; flower-like, pretty; efflorescent”)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | plúrmhar | phlúrmhar | plúrmhara; phlúrmhara2 | |
| vocative | phlúrmhair | plúrmhara | ||
| genitive | plúrmhare | plúrmhara | plúrmhar | |
| dative | plúrmhar; phlúrmhar1 |
phlúrmhar; phlúrmhair (archaic) |
plúrmhara; phlúrmhara2 | |
| Comparative | níos plúrmhare | |||
| Superlative | is plúrmhare | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|
| plúrmhar | phlúrmhar | bplúrmhar |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plúrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “plúrmhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm