sásmhar
Irish
Etymology
From sás (“assuage appetite; feed; satisfy, please”) + -mhar.
Adjective
sásmhar (genitive singular masculine sásmhair, genitive singular feminine sásmhaire, plural sásmhara, comparative sásmhaire)
- Synonym of sásúil (“satisfying, satisfactory”)
Declension
Declension of sásmhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sásmhar | shásmhar | sásmhara; shásmhara² | |
| Vocative | shásmhair | sásmhara | ||
| Genitive | sásmhaire | sásmhara | sásmhar | |
| Dative | sásmhar; shásmhar¹ | shásmhar; shásmhair (archaic) | sásmhara; shásmhara² | |
| Comparative | níos sásmhaire | |||
| Superlative | is sásmhaire | |||
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
- sásmhaireacht f (“satisfactoriness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sásmhar | shásmhar after an, tsásmhar | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "sásmhar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.