reamhar

Irish

Noun

reamhar m (genitive singular reamhair)

  1. Obsolete spelling of ramhar (“thick part”)

Declension
Declension of reamhar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative reamhar
Vocative a reamhair
Genitive reamhair
Dative reamhar

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an reamhar
Genitive an reamhair
Dative leis an reamhar

don reamhar

Adjective

reamhar (genitive singular masculine reamhair, genitive singular feminine reimhre, plural reamhra)

  1. Obsolete spelling of ramhar (“fat, thick”)

Declension
Declension of reamhar
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative reamhar reamhar reamhra
Vocative reamhair reamhra
Genitive reimhre reamhra reamhar
Dative reamhar reamhar;
reamhair (archaic)		 reamhra
Comparative níos reimhre
Superlative is reimhre

References

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish remor (“fat, stout, thick”), from Proto-Celtic *remros (“great, fat, thick”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrˠãũ.əɾ/

Adjective

reamhar (comparative reamhra)

  1. fat, plump, fleshy
  2. fat, greasy, oily
  3. big, great
  4. thick, gross, of great circumference
  5. coarse

Derived terms
  • an t-Sròn Reamhar (“Stranraer”)
  • bainne reamhar (“sheep's milk boiled and curdled; unskimmed milk”, literally “fat milk”)
  • cnàimh-reamhar (“thick- or clumsy-boned”)
  • criadh-reamhar f (“marl”)
  • prìne reamhar (“blanket-pin”)
  • reamhar am feòil (“fat-fleshed”)

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “reamhar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “remor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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