saolmhar

Irish

Etymology

From saol (“life”) +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

saolmhar (genitive singular masculine saolmhair, genitive singular feminine saolmhaire, plural saolmhara, comparative saolmhaire)

1. Synonym of saolach (“long-lived”)

Declension

Declension of saolmhar

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	saolmhar	shaolmhar	saolmhara; shaolmhara2
vocative	shaolmhair		saolmhara
genitive		saolmhaire	saolmhara	saolmhar
dative	saolmhar; shaolmhar1	shaolmhar; shaolmhair (archaic)	saolmhara; shaolmhara2
Comparative	níos saolmhaire
Superlative	is saolmhaire

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 saolmhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saolmhar	shaolmhar after an, tsaolmhar	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) “saolmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN