From suan (“sleep, slumber”) + -mhar (adjectival ending).
suanmhar (genitive singular masculine suanmhair, genitive singular feminine suanmhaire, plural suanmhara, comparative suanmhaire)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | suanmhar | shuanmhar | suanmhara; shuanmhara² | |
Vocative | shuanmhair | suanmhara | ||
Genitive | suanmhaire | suanmhara | suanmhar | |
Dative | suanmhar; shuanmhar¹ |
shuanmhar; shuanmhair (archaic) |
suanmhara; shuanmhara² | |
Comparative | níos suanmhaire | |||
Superlative | is suanmhaire |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
suanmhar | shuanmhar after an, tsuanmhar |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |