carbónmhar
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom carbón (“carbon”) + -mhar.
Adjective
editcarbónmhar (genitive singular masculine carbónmhair, genitive singular feminine carbónmhaire, plural carbónmhara, comparative carbónmhaire)
Declension
editDeclension of carbónmhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | carbónmhar | charbónmhar | carbónmhara; charbónmhara² | |
| Vocative | charbónmhair | carbónmhara | ||
| Genitive | carbónmhaire | carbónmhara | carbónmhar | |
| Dative | carbónmhar; charbónmhar¹ |
charbónmhar; charbónmhair (archaic) |
carbónmhara; charbónmhara² | |
| Comparative | níos carbónmhaire | |||
| Superlative | is carbónmhaire | |||
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 |
| carbónmhar | charbónmhar | gcarbónmhar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carbónmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “carbónmhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm