ceolmhar
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ceol (“music”) + -mhar (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈcoːl̪ˠvˠəɾˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcoːl̪ˠwəɾˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɔːl̪ˠwəɾˠ/
Adjective[edit]
ceolmhar (genitive singular masculine ceolmhair, genitive singular feminine ceolmhaire, plural ceolmhara, comparative ceolmhaire)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ceolmhar
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | ceolmhar | cheolmhar | ceolmhara; cheolmhara² | |
Vocative | cheolmhair | ceolmhara | ||
Genitive | ceolmhaire | ceolmhara | ceolmhar | |
Dative | ceolmhar; cheolmhar¹ |
cheolmhar; cheolmhair (archaic) |
ceolmhara; cheolmhara² | |
Comparative | níos ceolmhaire | |||
Superlative | is ceolmhaire |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms[edit]
- ceolmhaire f, ceolmhaireacht f (“tunefulness”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ceolmhar | cheolmhar | gceolmhar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceolmhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ceolmhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceolmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ceólmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29