From plúr (“flour; flower”) + -mhar (adjectival suffix).
plúrmhar (genitive singular masculine plúrmhair, genitive singular feminine plúrmhaire, plural plúrmhara, comparative plúrmhaire)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | plúrmhar | phlúrmhar | plúrmhara; phlúrmhara2 | |
vocative | phlúrmhair | plúrmhara | ||
genitive | plúrmhare | plúrmhara | plúrmhar | |
dative | plúrmhar; phlúrmhar1 |
phlúrmhar; phlúrmhair (archaic) |
plúrmhara; phlúrmhara2 | |
Comparative | níos plúrmhare | |||
Superlative | is plúrmhare |
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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plúrmhar | phlúrmhar | bplúrmhar |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.