sásmhar
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sás (“assuage appetite; feed; satisfy, please”) + -mhar.
Adjective
[edit]sásmhar (genitive singular masculine sásmhair, genitive singular feminine sásmhaire, plural sásmhara, comparative sásmhaire)
- Synonym of sásúil (“satisfying, satisfactory”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of sásmhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sásmhar | shásmhar | sásmhara; shásmhara² | |
| Vocative | shásmhair | sásmhara | ||
| Genitive | sásmhaire | sásmhara | sásmhar | |
| Dative | sásmhar; shásmhar¹ |
shásmhar; shásmhair (archaic) |
sásmhara; shásmhara² | |
| Comparative | níos sásmhaire | |||
| Superlative | is sásmhaire | |||
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
[edit]- sásmhaireacht f (“satisfactoriness”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sásmhar | shásmhar after an, tsásmhar |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sásmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN