síolmhar
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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)
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]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| síolmhar | shíolmhar after an, tsíolmhar |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “síolmhar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “síolmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 644
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “síolmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 49