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biamhar

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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bia (“food”) +‎ -mhar

Adjective

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biamhar (genitive singular masculine biamhair, genitive singular feminine biamhaire, plural biamhara, comparative biamhaire)

  1. (rare) abounding in food

Declension

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Declension of biamhar
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative biamhar bhiamhar biamhara;
bhiamhara²
Vocative bhiamhair biamhara
Genitive biamhaire biamhara biamhar
Dative biamhar;
bhiamhar¹ 		bhiamhar;
bhiamhair (archaic) 		biamhara;
bhiamhara²
Comparative níos biamhaire
Superlative is biamhaire

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

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
biamhar bhiamhar mbiamhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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