bláfar

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish bláthmar. By surface analysis, bláth (“flower, bloom”) +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bláfar (genitive singular masculine bláfair, genitive singular feminine bláfaire, plural bláfara, comparative bláfaire)

  1. blooming, beautiful
  2. tidy
  3. demure
  4. (music) florid

Declension

Declension of bláfar
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative bláfar bhláfar bláfara;
bhláfara²
Vocative bhláfair bláfara
Genitive bláfaire bláfara bláfar
Dative bláfar;
bhláfar¹ 		bhláfar;
bhláfair (archaic) 		bláfara;
bhláfara²
Comparative níos bláfaire
Superlative is bláfaire

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bláfar bhláfar mbláfar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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