reamhar

Irish

Noun

reamhar m (genitive singular reamhair)

1. Superseded spelling of ramhar (“thick part”).

Declension

Declension of reamhar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative reamhar vocative a reamhair genitive reamhair dative reamhar forms with the definite article case singular nominative an reamhar genitive an reamhair dative leis an reamhar don reamhar

Adjective

reamhar (genitive singular masculine reamhair, genitive singular feminine reimhre, plural reamhra)

1. Superseded spelling of ramhar (“fat, thick”).

Declension

Declension of reamhar

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	reamhar	reamhar	reamhra
vocative	reamhair		reamhra
genitive		reimhre	reamhra	reamhar
dative	reamhar	reamhar; reamhair (archaic)	reamhra
Comparative	níos reimhre
Superlative	is reimhre

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• ramhar

Etymology

From Old Irish remor (“fat, stout, thick”), from Proto-Celtic *remros (“great, fat, thick”).

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈrˠãvəɾ/
• (Uist, Barra, north west Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈrˠãũ.əɾ/
• (Trotternish) IPA^(key): /ˈrˠã.əɾ/
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈrˠɛ̃.uɾ/

Adjective

reamhar (comparative reamhra or reaimhre or riumha)

1. fat, plump, fleshy
2. fat, greasy, oily
3. big, great
4. thick, gross, of great circumference
5. coarse

Derived terms

• an t-Sròn Reamhar (“Stranraer”)
• bainne reamhar (“sheep's milk boiled and curdled; unskimmed milk”, literally “fat milk”)
• cnàimh-reamhar (“thick- or clumsy-boned”)
• criadh-reamhar f (“marl”)
• prìne reamhar (“blanket-pin”)
• reamhar am feòil (“fat-fleshed”)

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “reamhar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN