ramhar
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish remor (“fat, stout, thick”), from Proto-Celtic *remros (“great, fat, thick”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ramhar (genitive singular masculine ramhair, genitive singular feminine raimhre, plural ramhra, comparative raimhre)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | ramhar | ramhar | ramhra | |
| vocative | ramhair | ramhra | ||
| genitive | raimhre | ramhra | ramhar | |
| dative | ramhar | ramhar; ramhair (archaic) |
ramhra | |
| Comparative | níos raimhre | |||
| Superlative | is raimhre | |||
Derived terms
[edit]- ceannramhar (“thick-headed”)
References
[edit]- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 201, page 101
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 144, page 57
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ramhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN