cnámhar

Irish

Etymology

From cnámh (“bone”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cnámhar (genitive singular masculine cnámhair, genitive singular feminine cnámhaire, plural cnámhara, comparative cnámhaire)

1. bony, ossiferous

Declension

Declension of cnámhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cnámhar	chnámhar	cnámhara; chnámhara²
Vocative	chnámhair		cnámhara
Genitive		cnámhaire	cnámhara	cnámhar
Dative	cnámhar; chnámhar¹	chnámhar; chnámhair (archaic)	cnámhara; chnámhara²
Comparative	níos cnámhaire
Superlative	is cnámhaire

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
cnámhar	chnámhar	gcnámhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cnámhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm