gaolmhar

Irish

Alternative forms

  • gaolach
  • gaelmhar (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From gaol (“relationship”) +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡiːlˠuːɾˠ/, (older) /ˈɡɯːlˠuːɾˠ/[2]

Adjective

gaolmhar (genitive singular masculine gaolmhair, genitive singular feminine gaolmhaire, plural gaolmhara, comparative gaolmhaire)

  1. associated; relative, related
  2. (geology) cognate

Declension

Declension of gaolmhar
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gaolmhar ghaolmhar gaolmhara;
ghaolmhara2
vocative ghaolmhair gaolmhara
genitive gaolmhaire gaolmhara gaolmhar
dative gaolmhar;
ghaolmhar1 		ghaolmhar;
ghaolmhair (archaic) 		gaolmhara;
ghaolmhara2
Comparative níos gaolmhaire
Superlative is gaolmhaire

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gaolmhar
radical lenition eclipsis
gaolmhar ghaolmhar ngaolmhar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “gaolmhar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 48, page 21

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