gleomhar

Irish

Etymology

From gleo +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɟlʲoːvˠəɾˠ/

Adjective

gleomhar (genitive singular masculine gleomhair, genitive singular feminine gleomhaire, plural gleomhara, comparative gleomhaire)

1. (rare) Alternative form of gleoch

Declension

Declension of gleomhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gleomhar	ghleomhar	gleomhara; ghleomhara²
Vocative	ghleomhair		gleomhara
Genitive		gleomhaire	gleomhara	gleomhar
Dative	gleomhar; ghleomhar¹	ghleomhar; ghleomhair (archaic)	gleomhara; ghleomhara²
Comparative	níos gleomhaire
Superlative	is gleomhaire

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gleomhar	ghleomhar	ngleomhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gleomhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN