plúrmhar
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From plúr (“flour; flower”) + -mhar (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
plúrmhar (genitive singular masculine plúrmhair, genitive singular feminine plúrmhaire, plural plúrmhara, comparative plúrmhaire)
- Synonym of plúrach (“floury, farinaceous; flower-like, pretty; efflorescent”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of plúrmhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | plúrmhar | phlúrmhar | plúrmhara; phlúrmhara² | |
| Vocative | phlúrmhair | plúrmhara | ||
| Genitive | plúrmhare | plúrmhara | plúrmhar | |
| Dative | plúrmhar; phlúrmhar¹ |
phlúrmhar; phlúrmhair (archaic) |
plúrmhara; phlúrmhara² | |
| Comparative | níos plúrmhare | |||
| Superlative | is plúrmhare | |||
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 |
| plúrmhar | phlúrmhar | bplúrmhar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plúrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “plúrmhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm