gaolmhar

Irish

Alternative forms

• gaolach
• gaelmhar (obsolete)

Etymology

From gaol (“relationship”) +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡiːlˠuɾˠ/, (older) /ˈɡɯːlˠuɾˠ/

Adjective

gaolmhar (genitive singular masculine gaolmhair, genitive singular feminine gaolmhaire, plural gaolmhara, comparative gaolmhaire)

1. associated; relative, related
2. (geology) cognate

Declension

Declension of gaolmhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gaolmhar	ghaolmhar	gaolmhara; ghaolmhara²
Vocative	ghaolmhair		gaolmhara
Genitive		gaolmhaire	gaolmhara	gaolmhar
Dative	gaolmhar; ghaolmhar¹	ghaolmhar; ghaolmhair (archaic)	gaolmhara; ghaolmhara²
Comparative	níos gaolmhaire
Superlative	is gaolmhaire

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

Derived terms

• gaolmhaireacht (“relationship; affinity, likeness; relativity”)
• idirghaolmhar (“interrelated”)
• neasghaolmhar (“closely related”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gaolmhar	ghaolmhar	ngaolmhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “gaolmhar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gáelmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gaolṁar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 352
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gaolmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN