gleomhar

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Irish

Etymology

From gleo +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gleomhar (genitive singular masculine gleomhair, genitive singular feminine gleomhaire, plural gleomhara, comparative gleomhaire)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of gleoch

Declension

Declension of gleomhar
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative gleomhar ghleomhar gleomhara;
ghleomhara2
vocative ghleomhair gleomhara
genitive gleomhaire gleomhara gleomhar
dative gleomhar;
ghleomhar1 		ghleomhar;
ghleomhair (archaic) 		gleomhara;
ghleomhara2
Comparative níos gleomhaire
Superlative is gleomhaire

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 gleomhar
radical lenition eclipsis
gleomhar ghleomhar ngleomhar

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 135

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