Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

feòil (meat, flesh) +‎ -mhor

Adjective edit

feòlmhor (genitive singular masculine feòlmhoir, genitive singular feminine feòlmhoire, nominative plural feòlmhora, comparative feòlmhoire)

  1. sensual, erotic
  2. carnal, lustful
  3. fleshy, fat
  4. brutish, bestial

Declension edit

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative feòlmhor fheòlmhor feòlmhora
Vocative fheòlmhoir fheòlmhoir feòlmhor
Genitive fheòlmhoir fheòlmhoir/feòlmhoire feòlmhor
Dative fheòlmhor fheòlmhoir feòlmhor

Comparative/superlative: feòlmhoire

References edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “feòlmhor”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN