cionmhar
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From cion (“share, amount”) + -mhar.
Adjective edit
cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair, genitive singular feminine cionmhaire, plural cionmhara, comparative cionmhaire)
- (politics) proportional (of voting system)
Derived terms edit
- ionadaíocht chionmhar (“proportional representation”)
Etymology 2 edit
From cion (“love, affection”) + -mhar.
Adjective edit
cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair, genitive singular feminine cionmhaire, plural cionmhara, comparative cionmhaire)
- Synonym of ceanúil (“loving, affectionate”)
Declension edit
Declension of cionmhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cionmhar | chionmhar | cionmhara; chionmhara² | |
| Vocative | chionmhair | cionmhara | ||
| Genitive | 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 edit
| 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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cionmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “proprtional”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024