mómhar
Irish
Alternative forms
- modhmhar (superseded)
Etymology
From Old Irish modmar; synchronically, modh + -mhar.
Adjective
mómhar (genitive singular masculine modhmhair, genitive singular feminine modhmhaire, plural mómhara, comparative modhmhaire)
- mannerly, gentle; graceful, dignified
- self-satisfied
- Synonym: mómharach
Declension
Declension of mómhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mómhar | mhómhar | mómhara; mhómhara² | |
| Vocative | mhómhair | mómhara | ||
| Genitive | mómhaire | mómhara | mómhar | |
| Dative | mómhar; mhómhar¹ | mhómhar; mhómhair (archaic) | mómhara; mhómhara² | |
| Comparative | níos mómhaire | |||
| Superlative | is mómhaire | |||
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 |
| mómhar | mhómhar | 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), “mómhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “modhmhar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “mómhar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.