anmhór

Irish

Alternative forms

• anamhór (Munster)

Etymology

From an- +‎ mór.

Adjective

anmhór (genitive singular masculine anmhóir, genitive singular feminine anmhóire, plural anmhóra)

1. huge, enormous
2. very friendly [with le ‘with’]
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:

     Bhí an chéad mháta a bhí ar an luing anamhór leis an gcaptaen.

     The first mate who was on the ship was very friendly with the captain.

Declension

Declension of anmhór

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	anmhór	anmhór	anmhóra
Vocative	anmhóir		anmhóra
Genitive		anmhóire	anmhóra	anmhór
Dative	anmhór	anmhór; anmhóir (archaic)	anmhóra
Comparative	níos anmhó
Superlative	is anmhó

Related terms

• anmhórán (“huge amount; huge number”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anmhór	n-anmhór	hanmhór	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anmhór”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN