sásmhar

Irish

Etymology

From sás (“assuage appetite; feed; satisfy, please”) +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

sásmhar (genitive singular masculine sásmhair, genitive singular feminine sásmhaire, plural sásmhara, comparative sásmhaire)

1. Synonym of sásúil (“satisfying, satisfactory”)

Declension

Declension of sásmhar

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	sásmhar	shásmhar	sásmhara; shásmhara2
vocative	shásmhair		sásmhara
genitive		sásmhaire	sásmhara	sásmhar
dative	sásmhar; shásmhar1	shásmhar; shásmhair (archaic)	sásmhara; shásmhara2
Comparative	níos sásmhaire
Superlative	is sásmhaire

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• sásmhaireacht f (“satisfactoriness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sásmhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sásmhar	shásmhar after an, tsásmhar	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sásmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN