ardfhear

Irish

Etymology

From ard- +‎ fear.

Noun

ardfhear m (genitive singular ardfhir, nominative plural ardfhir)

1. excellent man

   Ardfhear! ― Bravo!

Declension

Declension of ardfhear

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ardfhear ardfhir Vocative a ardfhir a ardfheara Genitive ardfhir ardfhear Dative ardfhear ardfhir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ardfhear na hardfhir Genitive an ardfhir na n-ardfhear Dative leis an ardfhear don ardfhear leis na hardfhir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardfhear	n-ardfhear	hardfhear	t-ardfhear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardfhear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “dude”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024