anmhór
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]anmhór (genitive singular masculine anmhóir, genitive singular feminine anmhóire, plural anmhóra)
- huge, enormous
- very friendly [with le ‘with’]
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
- Bhí an chéad mháta a bhí ar an luing anamhór leis an gcaptaen.
- The first mate who was on the ship was very friendly with the captain.
Declension
[edit]Declension of anmhór
Related terms
[edit]- anmhórán (“huge amount; huge number”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
anmhór | n-anmhór | hanmhór | not applicable |
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) “anmhór”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN