From toll (“posterior, buttocks”) + mór (“big, large, great”).
tollmhór (genitive singular masculine tollmhóir, genitive singular feminine tollmhóire, plural tollmhóra, comparative tollmhó)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | tollmhór | thollmhór | tollmhóra; thollmhóra2 | |
vocative | thollmhóir | tollmhóra | ||
genitive | tollmhóire | tollmhóra | tollmhór | |
dative | tollmhór; thollmhór1 |
thollmhór; thollmhóir (archaic) |
tollmhóra; thollmhóra2 | |
Comparative | níos tollmhó | |||
Superlative | is tollmhó |
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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tollmhór | thollmhór | dtollmhór |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.