feòlmhor

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

feòil (meat, flesh) +‎ -mhor

Adjective[edit]

feòlmhor (genitive singular masculine feòlmhoir, genitive singular feminine feòlmhoire, nominative plural feòlmhora, comparative feòlmhoire)

  1. sensual, erotic
  2. carnal, lustful
  3. fleshy, fat
  4. brutish, bestial

Declension[edit]

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative feòlmhor fheòlmhor feòlmhora
Vocative fheòlmhoir fheòlmhoir feòlmhor
Genitive fheòlmhoir fheòlmhoir/feòlmhoire feòlmhor
Dative fheòlmhor fheòlmhoir feòlmhor

Comparative/superlative: feòlmhoire

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “feòlmhor”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN