cásmhar
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cás (“honour, reverence”) + -mhar (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]cásmhar (genitive singular masculine cásmhair, genitive singular feminine cásmhaire, plural cásmhara, comparative cásmhaire)
- concerned
- plaintive, pitiable
- commiserative; sympathetic (le (“towards”))
- thoughtful; considerate (i (“of”))
Declension
[edit]Declension of cásmhar
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cásmhar | chásmhar | cásmhara; chásmhara² | |
Vocative | chásmhair | cásmhara | ||
Genitive | cásmhaire | cásmhara | cásmhar | |
Dative | cásmhar; chásmhar¹ |
chásmhar; chásmhair (archaic) |
cásmhara; chásmhara² | |
Comparative | níos cásmhaire | |||
Superlative | is cásmhaire |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cásmhar | chásmhar | gcásmhar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cásmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cásmhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cásmhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024