feolmhar

Irish

Alternative forms

feolmharach

Etymology

From feoil (“flesh, meat”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

feolmhar (genitive singular masculine feolmhair, genitive singular feminine feolmhaire, plural feolmhara, comparative feolmhaire)

fleshy, meaty; fat, flabby, plump, rotund

Declension

Declension of *feolmhar*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	feolmhar	fheolmhar	feolmhara; fheolmhara²
vocative	fheolmhair	fheolmhar	feolmhara
genitive	fheolmhair	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

Mutated forms of *feolmhar*
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.

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