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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish nósmar, from nós + -mar (corresponding to nós + -mhar).
Adjective
nósmhar (genitive singular masculine nósmhair, genitive singular feminine nósmhaire, plural nósmhara, comparative nósmhaire)
- customary
- formal, conventional
- polite
- (literary) famous
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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nósmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nósmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “nósmhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “nósmhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024