séanmhar
See also: seanmhar
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAdjective
editséanmhar (genitive singular masculine séanmhair, genitive singular feminine séanmhaire)
- happy, lucky, prosperous
- 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
- Thug an bhanríoghan an t‑ógánach isteach ’san phálás, ⁊ bhí righeacht ⁊ saidhbhreas an tsean-ríogh alig aige; ⁊ bhí sé féin ⁊ a mháthair go sona, seunmhar ó shin amach: ⁊ mar robh siad-san go mbeidh sinne.
- The queen brought the youth into her own palace, and he had the kingdom and riches of the old king, and himself and his mother were happy and prosperous from that forth, and like them may we too be.
Declension
editDeclension of séanmhar
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | séanmhar | shéanmhar | séanmhar; shéanmhar² | |
Vocative | shéanmhair | séanmhar | ||
Genitive | séanmhaire | séanmhar | séanmhar | |
Dative | séanmhar; shéanmhar¹ |
shéanmhar; shéanmhair (archaic) |
séanmhar; shéanmhar² | |
Comparative | níos séanmhaire | |||
Superlative | is séanmhaire |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
séanmhar | shéanmhar after an, tséanmhar |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- “séanmhar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séanmhar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “séanṁar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 629
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “séanmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN