luachmhar
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish lógmar (“precious, valuable”), from lóg (“value”) + -mar. By surface analysis, luach + -mhar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]luachmhar (genitive singular masculine luachmhair, genitive singular feminine luachmhaire, plural luachmhara, comparative luachmhaire)
Declension
[edit]Declension of luachmhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | luachmhar | luachmhar | luachmhara | |
| Vocative | luachmhair | luachmhara | ||
| Genitive | luachmhare | luachmhara | luachmhar | |
| Dative | luachmhar | luachmhar; luachmhair (archaic) |
luachmhara | |
| Comparative | níos luachmhare | |||
| Superlative | is luachmhare | |||
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- luachmhaireacht f (“costliness, preciousness”)
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luachmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lógmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language