cionmhar

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Irish

Etymology 1

From cion (“share, amount”) +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair, genitive singular feminine cionmhaire, plural cionmhara, comparative cionmhaire)

  1. (politics) proportional (of voting system)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From cion (“love, affection”) +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair, genitive singular feminine cionmhaire, plural cionmhara, comparative cionmhaire)

  1. Synonym of ceanúil (“loving, affectionate”)

Declension

Declension of cionmhar
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cionmhar chionmhar cionmhara;
chionmhara2
vocative chionmhair cionmhara
genitive cionmhaire cionmhara cionmhar
dative cionmhar;
chionmhar1 		chionmhar;
chionmhair (archaic) 		cionmhara;
chionmhara2
Comparative níos cionmhaire
Superlative is cionmhaire

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 cionmhar
radical lenition eclipsis
cionmhar chionmhar gcionmhar

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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