sluaghmhar
Irish
Adjective
sluaghmhar (genitive singular masculine sluaghmhair, genitive singular feminine sluaghmhaire, plural sluaghmhara, comparative sluaghmhaire)
- Obsolete form of sluamhar (“having large forces; multitudinous”).
Declension
Declension of sluaghmhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sluaghmhar | shluaghmhar | sluaghmhara; shluaghmhara² | |
| Vocative | shluaghhair | sluaghmhara | ||
| Genitive | sluaghmhaire | sluaghmhara | sluaghmhar | |
| Dative | sluaghmhar; shluaghmhar¹ |
shluaghmhar; shluaghhair (archaic) |
sluaghmhara; shluaghmhara² | |
| Comparative | níos sluaghmhaire | |||
| Superlative | is sluaghmhaire | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sluaghmhar | shluaghmhar after an, tsluaghmhar |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sluaghmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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