fásmhar

Irish

Etymology

From fás +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

fásmhar (genitive singular masculine fásmhair, genitive singular feminine fásmhaire, plural fásmhara, comparative fásmhaire)

1. growing, thriving; growth-producing; vegetative

   Synonym: fástach

Declension

Declension of fásmhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fásmhar	fhásmhar	fásmhara; fhásmhara²
Vocative	fhásmhair		fásmhara
Genitive		fásmhare	fásmhara	fásmhar
Dative	fásmhar; fhásmhar¹	fhásmhar; fhásmhair (archaic)	fásmhara; fhásmhara²
Comparative	níos fásmhare
Superlative	is fásmhare

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
fásmhar	fhásmhar	bhfásmhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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