míofar
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish mifir, reshaped under the influence of the suffix -mhar.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
míofar (genitive singular masculine míofair, genitive singular feminine míofaire, plural míofara, comparative míofaire)
Declension edit
Declension of míofar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | míofar | mhíofar | míofara; mhíofara² | |
| Vocative | mhíofair | míofara | ||
| Genitive | míofare | míofara | míofar | |
| Dative | míofar; mhíofar¹ |
mhíofar; mhíofair (archaic) |
míofara; mhíofara² | |
| Comparative | níos míofare | |||
| Superlative | is míofare | |||
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 |
| míofar | mhíofar | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 76
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mifir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míofar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN