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bláfar

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish bláthmar. By surface analysis, bláth (“flower, bloom”) +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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bláfar (genitive singular masculine bláfair, genitive singular feminine bláfaire, plural bláfara, comparative bláfaire)

  1. blooming, beautiful
  2. tidy
  3. demure
  4. (music) florid

Declension

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Declension of bláfar
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative bláfar bhláfar bláfara;
bhláfara²
Vocative bhláfair bláfara
Genitive bláfaire bláfara bláfar
Dative bláfar;
bhláfar¹ 		bhláfar;
bhláfair (archaic) 		bláfara;
bhláfara²
Comparative níos bláfaire
Superlative is bláfaire

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
bláfar bhláfar mbláfar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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