geamhar

Irish

Alternative forms

• geabhar
• gemhar, giomhar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish gemur.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟãuəɾˠ/

Noun

geamhar m (genitive singular geamhair)

1. young, green cereal grain

Declension

Declension of geamhar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative geamhar Vocative a gheamhair Genitive geamhair Dative geamhar

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an geamhar Genitive an gheamhair Dative leis an ngeamhar don gheamhar

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
geamhar	gheamhar	ngeamhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “geamhar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gemar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “geaṁar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 356
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geamhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57