ámhar
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ádmar (“fortunate, lucky, successful”), synchronically ádh (“luck”) + -mhar (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
ámhar (genitive singular masculine ámhair, genitive singular feminine ámhaire, plural ámhara, comparative ámhaire)
- Alternative form of ámharach (“lucky, fortunate”)
Declension
Declension of ámhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ámhar | ámhar | ámhara | |
| Vocative | ámhair | ámhara | ||
| Genitive | ámhare | ámhara | ámhar | |
| Dative | ámhar | ámhar; ámhair (archaic) | ámhara | |
| Comparative | níos ámhare | |||
| Superlative | is ámhare | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ámhar | n-ámhar | hámhar | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "ámharach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “ádmar”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN