Jump to content

síolmhar

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Irish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From síol +‎ -mhar [from 17th c.].

Pronunciation

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

síolmhar (genitive singular masculine síolmhair, genitive singular feminine síolmhaire, plural síolmhara, comparative síolmhaire)

  1. fertile, fruitful
    Synonym: torthúil

Declension

[edit]
Declension of síolmhar
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative síolmhar shíolmhar síolmhara;
shíolmhara2
vocative shíolmhair síolmhara
genitive síolmhaire síolmhara síolmhar
dative síolmhar;
shíolmhar1 		shíolmhar;
shíolmhair (archaic) 		síolmhara;
shíolmhara2
Comparative níos síolmhaire
Superlative is síolmhaire

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]
Mutated forms of síolmhar
radical lenition eclipsis
síolmhar shíolmhar
after an, tsíolmhar 		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

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=síolmhar&oldid=79397767"