cionmhar

Irish

Etymology 1

From cion (“share, amount”) +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair, genitive singular feminine cionmhaire, plural cionmhara, comparative cionmhaire)

(politics) proportional (of voting system)

Derived terms

ionadaíocht chionmhar (“proportional representation”)

Etymology 2

From cion (“love, affection”) +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair, genitive singular feminine cionmhaire, plural cionmhara, comparative cionmhaire)

Synonym of ceanúil (“loving, affectionate”)

Declension

Declension of cionmhar

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	cionmhar	chionmhar	cionmhara; chionmhara²
Vocative	chionmhair	chionmhar	cionmhara
Genitive	chionmhair	cionmhaire	cionmhara	cionmhar
Dative	cionmhar; chionmhar¹	chionmhar; chionmhair (archaic)	cionmhara; chionmhara²
Comparative	níos cionmhaire
Superlative	is cionmhaire

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cionmhar	chionmhar	gcionmhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cionmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“proprtional”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024