grianmhar
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish gríanmar (“brilliant”). By surface analysis, grian (“sun”) + -mhar.
Adjective[edit]
grianmhar (genitive singular masculine grianmhair, genitive singular feminine grianmhaire, plural grianmhara, comparative grianmhaire)
Declension[edit]
Declension of grianmhar
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | grianmhar | ghrianmhar | grianmhara; ghrianmhara² | |
Vocative | ghrianmhair | grianmhara | ||
Genitive | grianmhaire | grianmhara | grianmhar | |
Dative | grianmhar; ghrianmhar¹ |
ghrianmhar; ghrianmhair (archaic) |
grianmhara; ghrianmhara² | |
Comparative | níos grianmhaire | |||
Superlative | is grianmhaire |
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 |
grianmhar | ghrianmhar | ngrianmhar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |