séanmhar

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

séan +‎ -mhar

Adjective

séanmhar (genitive singular masculine séanmhair, genitive singular feminine séanmhaire)

  1. happy, lucky, prosperous
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Thug an bhanríoghan an t‑ógánach isteach ’san phálás, ⁊ bhí righeacht ⁊ saidhbhreas an tsean-ríogh alig aige; ⁊ bhí sé féin ⁊ a mháthair go sona, seunmhar ó shin amach: ⁊ mar robh siad-san go mbeidh sinne.
      The queen brought the youth into her own palace, and he had the kingdom and riches of the old king, and himself and his mother were happy and prosperous from that forth, and like them may we too be.

Declension

Declension of séanmhar
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative séanmhar shéanmhar séanmhar;
shéanmhar²
Vocative shéanmhair séanmhar
Genitive séanmhaire séanmhar séanmhar
Dative séanmhar;
shéanmhar¹ 		shéanmhar;
shéanmhair (archaic) 		séanmhar;
shéanmhar²
Comparative níos séanmhaire
Superlative is séanmhaire

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
séanmhar shéanmhar
after an, tséanmhar 		not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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