ceolmhar
Irish
Pronunciation
Adjective
ceolmhar (genitive singular masculine ceolmhair, genitive singular feminine ceolmhaire, plural ceolmhara, comparative ceolmhaire)
Declension
Declension of ceolmhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ceolmhar | cheolmhar | ceolmhara; cheolmhara² | |
| Vocative | cheolmhair | ceolmhara | ||
| Genitive | ceolmhaire | ceolmhara | ceolmhar | |
| Dative | ceolmhar; cheolmhar¹ |
cheolmhar; cheolmhair (archaic) |
ceolmhara; cheolmhara² | |
| Comparative | níos ceolmhaire | |||
| Superlative | is ceolmhaire | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- ceolmhaire f, ceolmhaireacht f (“tunefulness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| ceolmhar | cheolmhar | gceolmhar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Entries containing “ceolmhar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ceolmhar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceolmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ceólmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
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