gleomhar

Irish

Etymology

From gleo +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gleomhar (genitive singular masculine gleomhair, genitive singular feminine gleomhaire, plural gleomhara, comparative gleomhaire)

  1. (rare) alternative form of gleoch

Declension

Declension of gleomhar
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gleomhar ghleomhar gleomhara;
ghleomhara2
vocative ghleomhair gleomhara
genitive gleomhaire gleomhara gleomhar
dative gleomhar;
ghleomhar1 		ghleomhar;
ghleomhair (archaic) 		gleomhara;
ghleomhara2
Comparative níos gleomhaire
Superlative is gleomhaire

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of gleomhar
radical lenition eclipsis
gleomhar ghleomhar ngleomhar

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 135

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