cnámhar
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cnámh (“bone”) + -mhar (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]cnámhar (genitive singular masculine cnámhair, genitive singular feminine cnámhaire, plural cnámhara, comparative cnámhaire)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cnámhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cnámhar | chnámhar | cnámhara; chnámhara² | |
| Vocative | chnámhair | cnámhara | ||
| Genitive | cnámhaire | cnámhara | cnámhar | |
| Dative | cnámhar; chnámhar¹ |
chnámhar; chnámhair (archaic) |
cnámhara; chnámhara² | |
| Comparative | níos cnámhaire | |||
| Superlative | is cnámhaire | |||
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]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cnámhar | chnámhar | gcnámhar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cnámhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm