saolmhar

Irish

Etymology

From saol (“life”) +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

saolmhar (genitive singular masculine saolmhair, genitive singular feminine saolmhaire, plural saolmhara, comparative saolmhaire)

1. Synonym of saolach (“long-lived”)

Declension

Declension of saolmhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	saolmhar	shaolmhar	saolmhara; shaolmhara²
Vocative	shaolmhair		saolmhara
Genitive		saolmhaire	saolmhara	saolmhar
Dative	saolmhar; shaolmhar¹	shaolmhar; shaolmhair (archaic)	saolmhara; shaolmhara²
Comparative	níos saolmhaire
Superlative	is saolmhaire

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
saolmhar	shaolmhar after an, tsaolmhar	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) “saolmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN