lógmar

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From lóg (value) +‎ -mar.

Adjective

lógmar

  1. precious, valuable
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 87b9
      .i. amal rundgab in beu-idbart-sin, nochis edbart logmar insin hi recht.
      i.e. as that live-offering is; and yet that is a precious offering in the Law.

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lógmar lógmar lógmar
Vocative lógmair*
lógmar**
Accusative lógmar lógmair
Genitive lógmair lógmaire lógmair
Dative lógmur lógmair lógmur
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative lógmair lógmara
Vocative lógmaru
lógmara
Accusative lógmaru
lógmara
Genitive lógmar
Dative lógmaraib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

  • Irish: luachmhar
  • Scottish Gaelic: luachmhor

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