sluamhar
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From slua (“host, force, army; crowd, multitude, throng”) + -mhar.
Adjective
[edit]sluamhar (genitive singular masculine sluamhair, genitive singular feminine sluamhaire, plural sluamhara, comparative sluamhaire)
- having large forces
- multitudinous
- Synonym: líonmhar
Declension
[edit]Declension of sluamhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sluamhar | shluamhar | sluamhara; shluamhara² | |
| Vocative | shluamhair | sluamhara | ||
| Genitive | sluamhaire | sluamhara | sluamhar | |
| Dative | sluamhar; shluamhar¹ |
shluamhar; shluamhair (archaic) |
sluamhara; shluamhara² | |
| Comparative | níos sluamhaire | |||
| Superlative | is sluamhaire | |||
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 |
| sluamhar | shluamhar after an, tsluamhar |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sluamhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sluamhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm