míofar

Irish

From Middle Irish mifir,^[2] reshaped under the influence of the suffix -mhar.

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲiːfˠəɾˠ/^[3]; /ˈmʲiːhwəɾˠ/, [ˈmʲiːʍəɾˠ]^[4] (corresponding to the form míothmhar)

míofar (genitive singular masculine míofair, genitive singular feminine míofaire, plural míofara, comparative míofaire)

Declension of míofar

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	míofar	mhíofar	míofara; mhíofara²
Vocative	mhíofair	mhíofar	míofara
Genitive	mhíofair	míofare	míofara	míofar
Dative	míofar; mhíofar¹	mhíofar; mhíofair (archaic)	míofara; mhíofara²
Comparative	níos míofare
Superlative	is míofare

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
míofar	mhíofar	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

^ “míofar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mifir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 316, page 111
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 201, page 76