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

Mutated forms of bláfar
radical lenition eclipsis
bláfar bhláfar mbláfar

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

References

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