séanmhar

See also: seanmhar

Irish

Alternative forms

• seunmhar (superseded)

Etymology

séan +‎ -mhar

Adjective

séanmhar (genitive singular masculine séanmhair, genitive singular feminine séanmhaire)

1. happy, lucky, prosperous
   • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:

     Thug an bhanríoghan an t‑ógánach isteach ’san phálás, ⁊ bhí righeacht ⁊ saidhbhreas an tsean-ríogh alig aige; ⁊ bhí sé féin ⁊ a mháthair go sona, seunmhar ó shin amach: ⁊ mar robh siad-san go mbeidh sinne.

     The queen brought the youth into her own palace, and he had the kingdom and riches of the old king, and himself and his mother were happy and prosperous from that forth, and like them may we too be.

Declension

Declension of séanmhar

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	séanmhar	shéanmhar	séanmhar; shéanmhar2
vocative	shéanmhair		séanmhar
genitive		séanmhaire	strong noun	weak noun
			séanmhar	séanmhar
dative	séanmhar; shéanmhar1	shéanmhar; shéanmhair (archaic)	séanmhar; shéanmhar2
Comparative	níos séanmhaire
Superlative	is séanmhaire

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of séanmhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
séanmhar	shéanmhar after an, tséanmhar	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “séanmhar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séanmhar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “séanṁar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 629
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “séanmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN