cnámhar

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Irish

Etymology

From cnámh (“bone”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cnámhar (genitive singular masculine cnámhair, genitive singular feminine cnámhaire, plural cnámhara, comparative cnámhaire)

  1. bony, ossiferous

Declension

Declension of cnámhar
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cnámhar chnámhar cnámhara;
chnámhara2
vocative chnámhair cnámhara
genitive cnámhaire cnámhara cnámhar
dative cnámhar;
chnámhar1 		chnámhar;
chnámhair (archaic) 		cnámhara;
chnámhara2
Comparative níos cnámhaire
Superlative is cnámhaire

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 cnámhar
radical lenition eclipsis
cnámhar chnámhar gcnámhar

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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