feolmhar

Irish

Alternative forms

• feolmharach

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. fleshy, meaty; fat, flabby, plump, rotund

Declension

Declension of feolmhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	feolmhar	fheolmhar	feolmhara; fheolmhara²
Vocative	fheolmhair		feolmhara
Genitive		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

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.

Further reading

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