ámhar

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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)

  1. 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

Mutated forms of ámhar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ámhar n-ámhar hámhar not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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