fódmhar
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fódmhar (genitive singular masculine fódmhair, genitive singular feminine fódmhair, plural fódmhara)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fódmhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fódmhar | fhódmhar | fódmhara; fhódmhara² | |
| Vocative | fhódmhair | fódmhara | ||
| Genitive | fódmhaire | fódmhara | fódmhar | |
| Dative | fódmhar; fhódmhar¹ |
fhódmhar; fhódmhair (archaic) |
fódmhara; fhódmhara² | |
| Comparative | níos fódmhaire | |||
| Superlative | is fódmhaire | |||
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 |
| fódmhar | fhódmhar | bhfódmhar |
| 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) “fódmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN