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Irish
Etymology
From an- + mór.
Adjective
anmhór (genitive singular masculine anmhóir, genitive singular feminine anmhóire, plural anmhóra)
- huge, enormous
- very friendly
1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:Bhí an chéad mháta a bhí ar an luing anamhór leis an gcaptaen.- The first mate who was on the ship was very friendly with the captain.
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| anmhór
|
n-anmhór
|
hanmhór
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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