grianmhar

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gríanmar (“brilliant”). By surface analysis, grian (“sun”) +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

grianmhar (genitive singular masculine grianmhair, genitive singular feminine grianmhaire, plural grianmhara, comparative grianmhaire)

  1. sunny
  2. bright, cheerful, pleasant

Declension

Declension of grianmhar
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative grianmhar ghrianmhar grianmhara;
ghrianmhara²
Vocative ghrianmhair grianmhara
Genitive grianmhaire grianmhara grianmhar
Dative grianmhar;
ghrianmhar¹ 		ghrianmhar;
ghrianmhair (archaic) 		grianmhara;
ghrianmhara²
Comparative níos grianmhaire
Superlative is grianmhaire

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
grianmhar ghrianmhar ngrianmhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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