bámhar
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bámhar (genitive singular masculine bámhair, genitive singular feminine bámhaire, plural bámhara, comparative bámhaire)
- Synonym of báúil
Declension edit
Declension of bámhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bámhar | bhámhar | bámhara; bhámhara² | |
| Vocative | bhámhair | bámhara | ||
| Genitive | bámhaire | bámhara | bámhar | |
| Dative | bámhar; bhámhar¹ |
bhámhar; bhámhair (archaic) |
bámhara; bhámhara² | |
| Comparative | níos bámhaire | |||
| Superlative | is bámhaire | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bámhar | bhámhar | mbámhar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- “báúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 37
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bámhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN