pianmhar

Irish

Etymology

From pian (“pain”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

pianmhar (genitive singular masculine pianmhair, genitive singular feminine pianmhaire, plural pianmhara, comparative pianmhaire)

1. painful

Declension

Declension of pianmhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	pianmhar	phianmhar	pianmhara; phianmhara²
Vocative	phianmhair		pianmhara
Genitive		pianmhare	pianmhara	pianmhar
Dative	pianmhar; phianmhar¹	phianmhar; phianmhair (archaic)	pianmhara; phianmhara²
Comparative	níos pianmhare
Superlative	is pianmhare

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

Synonyms

• pianach
• piantach
• piantúil
• pianúil

Derived terms

• pianmhaireacht f (“painfulness”)

Related terms

• peannaideacht, pianaí, dócúlacht, leadarthaí, nimhneachas (“painfulness”)

References

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