ramhar

Irish

Alternative forms

• reamhar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish remor (“fat, stout, thick”), from Proto-Celtic *remros (“great, fat, thick”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɾˠauɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠãuəɾˠ/

Adjective

ramhar (genitive singular masculine ramhair, genitive singular feminine raimhre, plural ramhra, comparative raimhre)

1. fat

   Synonym: feolmhar

2. thick

Declension

Declension of ramhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ramhar	ramhar	ramhra
Vocative	ramhair		ramhra
Genitive		raimhre	ramhra	ramhar
Dative	ramhar	ramhar; ramhair (archaic)	ramhra
Comparative	níos raimhre
Superlative	is raimhre

Derived terms

• ceannramhar (“thick-headed”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ramhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57