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plúrmhar

Irish

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Etymology

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From plúr (“flour; flower”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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plúrmhar (genitive singular masculine plúrmhair, genitive singular feminine plúrmhaire, plural plúrmhara, comparative plúrmhaire)

  1. Synonym of plúrach (“floury, farinaceous; flower-like, pretty; efflorescent”)

Declension

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Declension of plúrmhar
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative plúrmhar phlúrmhar plúrmhara;
phlúrmhara²
Vocative phlúrmhair plúrmhara
Genitive plúrmhare plúrmhara plúrmhar
Dative plúrmhar;
phlúrmhar¹ 		phlúrmhar;
phlúrmhair (archaic) 		plúrmhara;
phlúrmhara²
Comparative níos plúrmhare
Superlative is plúrmhare

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
plúrmhar phlúrmhar bplúrmhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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