sásmhar

Irish

Etymology

From sás (“assuage appetite; feed; satisfy, please”) +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

sásmhar (genitive singular masculine sásmhair, genitive singular feminine sásmhaire, plural sásmhara, comparative sásmhaire)

1. Synonym of sásúil (“satisfying, satisfactory”)

Declension

Declension of sásmhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	sásmhar	shásmhar	sásmhara; shásmhara²
Vocative	shásmhair		sásmhara
Genitive		sásmhaire	sásmhara	sásmhar
Dative	sásmhar; shásmhar¹	shásmhar; shásmhair (archaic)	sásmhara; shásmhara²
Comparative	níos sásmhaire
Superlative	is sásmhaire

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

Derived terms

• sásmhaireacht f (“satisfactoriness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sásmhar	shásmhar after an, tsásmhar	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) “sásmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN