modhmhar
Irish
Adjective
modhmhar (genitive singular masculine modhmhair, genitive singular feminine modhmhaire, plural modhmhara, comparative modhmhaire)
- Obsolete form of mómhar (“mannerly, gentle; graceful, dignified; self-content”).
Declension
Declension of modhmhar
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | modhmhar | mhodhmhar | modhmhara; mhodhmhara² | |
Vocative | mhodhmhair | modhmhara | ||
Genitive | modhmhaire | modhmhara | modhmhar | |
Dative | modhmhar; mhodhmhar¹ | mhodhmhar; mhodhmhair (archaic) | modhmhara; mhodhmhara² | |
Comparative | níos modhmhaire | |||
Superlative | is modhmhaire |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
modhmhar | mhodhmhar | 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), “modhmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “modhmhar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.