bláfar
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish bláthmar. By surface analysis, bláth (“flower, bloom”) + -mhar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bláfar (genitive singular masculine bláfair, genitive singular feminine bláfaire, plural bláfara, comparative bláfaire)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bláfar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bláfar | bhláfar | bláfara; bhláfara² | |
| Vocative | bhláfair | bláfara | ||
| Genitive | bláfaire | bláfara | bláfar | |
| Dative | bláfar; bhláfar¹ |
bhláfar; bhláfair (archaic) |
bláfara; bhláfara² | |
| Comparative | níos bláfaire | |||
| Superlative | is bláfaire | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bláfar | bhláfar | mbláfar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bláfar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bláthmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bláfar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bláfar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024