sluamhar

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From slua (“host, force, army; crowd, multitude, throng”) +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

sluamhar (genitive singular masculine sluamhair, genitive singular feminine sluamhaire, plural sluamhara, comparative sluamhaire)

  1. having large forces
  2. multitudinous
    Synonym: líonmhar

Declension

Declension of sluamhar
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative sluamhar shluamhar sluamhara;
shluamhara2
vocative shluamhair sluamhara
genitive sluamhaire sluamhara sluamhar
dative sluamhar;
shluamhar1 		shluamhar;
shluamhair (archaic) 		sluamhara;
shluamhara2
Comparative níos sluamhaire
Superlative is sluamhaire

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of sluamhar
radical lenition eclipsis
sluamhar shluamhar
after an, tsluamhar 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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