luachmhar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lógmar (“precious, valuable”), from lóg (“value”) + -mar. By surface analysis, luach +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠuəxvˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠuəxwəɾˠ/

Adjective

luachmhar (genitive singular masculine luachmhair, genitive singular feminine luachmhaire, plural luachmhara, comparative luachmhaire)

1. valuable, costly, precious

Declension

Declension of luachmhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	luachmhar	luachmhar	luachmhara
Vocative	luachmhair		luachmhara
Genitive		luachmhare	luachmhara	luachmhar
Dative	luachmhar	luachmhar; luachmhair (archaic)	luachmhara
Comparative	níos luachmhare
Superlative	is luachmhare

Synonyms

• (precious): lómhar², maoineach

Derived terms

• luachmhaireacht f (“costliness, preciousness”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luachmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lógmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language