modhmhar

Irish

Adjective

modhmhar (genitive singular masculine modhmhair, genitive singular feminine modhmhaire, plural modhmhara, comparative modhmhaire)

1. Obsolete form of mómhar (“mannerly, gentle; graceful, dignified; self-content”).

Declension

Declension of modhmhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	modhmhar	mhodhmhar	modhmhara; mhodhmhara²
Vocative	mhodhmhair		modhmhara
Genitive		modhmhaire	modhmhara	modhmhar
Dative	modhmhar; mhodhmhar¹	mhodhmhar; mhodhmhair (archaic)	modhmhara; mhodhmhara²
Comparative	níos modhmhaire
Superlative	is modhmhaire

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
modhmhar	mhodhmhar	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “modhmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “modhmhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm