ramhar
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- reamhar (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Old Irish remor (“fat, stout, thick”), from Proto-Celtic *remros (“great, fat, thick”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ramhar (genitive singular masculine ramhair, genitive singular feminine raimhre, plural ramhra, comparative raimhre)
Declension edit
Declension of ramhar
Derived terms edit
- ceannramhar (“thick-headed”)
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ramhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57