feolmhar

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

feolmharach

Etymology edit

From feoil (“flesh, meat”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival suffix).

Adjective edit

feolmhar (genitive singular masculine feolmhair, genitive singular feminine feolmhaire, plural feolmhara, comparative feolmhaire)

fleshy, meaty; fat, flabby, plump, rotund

Declension edit

Declension of feolmhar

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	feolmhar	fheolmhar	feolmhara; fheolmhara²
Vocative	fheolmhair	fheolmhar	feolmhara
Genitive	fheolmhair	feolmhare	feolmhara	feolmhar
Dative	feolmhar; fheolmhar¹	fheolmhar; fheolmhair (archaic)	feolmhara; fheolmhara²
Comparative	níos feolmhare
Superlative	is feolmhare

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
feolmhar	fheolmhar	bhfeolmhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.