fódmhar

Irish

Etymology

fód +‎ -mhar

Adjective

fódmhar (genitive singular masculine fódmhair, genitive singular feminine fódmhair, plural fódmhara)

1. deep-sodded

Declension

Declension of fódmhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fódmhar	fhódmhar	fódmhara; fhódmhara²
Vocative	fhódmhair		fódmhara
Genitive		fódmhaire	fódmhara	fódmhar
Dative	fódmhar; fhódmhar¹	fhódmhar; fhódmhair (archaic)	fódmhara; fhódmhara²
Comparative	níos fódmhaire
Superlative	is fódmhaire

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
fódmhar	fhódmhar	bhfódmhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fódmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN