plúrmhar
Irish
Etymology
From plúr (“flour; flower”) + -mhar (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
plúrmhar (genitive singular masculine plúrmhair, genitive singular feminine plúrmhaire, plural plúrmhara, comparative plúrmhaire)
- Synonym of plúrach (“floury, farinaceous; flower-like, pretty; efflorescent”)
Declension
Declension of plúrmhar
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | plúrmhar | phlúrmhar | plúrmhara; phlúrmhara² | |
Vocative | phlúrmhair | plúrmhara | ||
Genitive | plúrmhare | plúrmhara | plúrmhar | |
Dative | plúrmhar; phlúrmhar¹ | phlúrmhar; phlúrmhair (archaic) | plúrmhara; phlúrmhara² | |
Comparative | níos plúrmhare | |||
Superlative | is plúrmhare |
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 |
plúrmhar | phlúrmhar | bplúrmhar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “plúrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “plúrmhar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.