bélmar

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

bél +‎ -mar

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bélmar

  1. big-lipped, big-mouthed

Declension[edit]

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative bélmar bélmar bélmar
Vocative bélmair*
bélmar**
Accusative bélmar bélmair
Genitive bélmair bélmaire bélmair
Dative bélmur bélmair bélmur
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative bélmair bélmara
Vocative bélmaru
bélmara
Accusative bélmaru
bélmara
Genitive bélmar
Dative bélmaraib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bélmar bélmar
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbélmar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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