éadmhar
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish édmar.[2] By surface analysis, éad (“jealousy; envy”) + -mhar. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic eudmhor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
éadmhar (genitive singular masculine éadmhair, genitive singular feminine éadmhaire, plural éadmhara, comparative éadmhaire)
- jealous, envious
- 1981, An Bíobla Naofa, Eaxodus, 34:14:
- Ná hadhair aon dia eile, óir An tÉadmhar is ainm don Tiarna; is Dia éadmhar é.
- Do not worship any other god, for Jealous is the Lord's name; he is a jealous God.
Declension[edit]
Declension of éadmhar
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| éadmhar | n-éadmhar | héadmhar | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- ^ “éadmhar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “étmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21
Further reading[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éadṁar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 274
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éadmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN