From pian (“pain”) + -mhar (adjectival suffix).
pianmhar (genitive singular masculine pianmhair, genitive singular feminine pianmhaire, plural pianmhara, comparative pianmhaire)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | pianmhar | phianmhar | pianmhara; phianmhara2 | |
vocative | phianmhair | pianmhara | ||
genitive | pianmhare | pianmhara | pianmhar | |
dative | pianmhar; phianmhar1 |
phianmhar; phianmhair (archaic) |
pianmhara; phianmhara2 | |
Comparative | níos pianmhare | |||
Superlative | is pianmhare |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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pianmhar | phianmhar | bpianmhar |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.