suanmhar
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From suan (“sleep, slumber”) + -mhar (adjectival ending).
Adjective[edit]
suanmhar (genitive singular masculine suanmhair, genitive singular feminine suanmhaire, plural suanmhara, comparative suanmhaire)
Declension[edit]
Declension of suanmhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | suanmhar | shuanmhar | suanmhara; shuanmhara² | |
| Vocative | shuanmhair | suanmhara | ||
| Genitive | suanmhaire | suanmhara | suanmhar | |
| Dative | suanmhar; shuanmhar¹ |
shuanmhar; shuanmhair (archaic) |
suanmhara; shuanmhara² | |
| Comparative | níos suanmhaire | |||
| Superlative | is suanmhaire | |||
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| suanmhar | shuanmhar after an, tsuanmhar |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suanmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “suanmhar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “suanmhar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.