feolmhar
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From feoil (“flesh, meat”) + -mhar (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]feolmhar (genitive singular masculine feolmhair, genitive singular feminine feolmhaire, plural feolmhara, comparative feolmhaire)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | feolmhar | fheolmhar | feolmhara; fheolmhara2 | |
| vocative | fheolmhair | feolmhara | ||
| genitive | feolmhare | feolmhara | feolmhar | |
| dative | feolmhar; fheolmhar1 |
fheolmhar; fheolmhair (archaic) |
feolmhara; fheolmhara2 | |
| Comparative | níos feolmhare | |||
| Superlative | is feolmhare | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| feolmhar | fheolmhar | bhfeolmhar |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feolmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “fleshy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “meaty”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “plump”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “rotund”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024