cnámhar

Irish

Etymology

From cnámh (“bone”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cnámhar (genitive singular masculine cnámhair, genitive singular feminine cnámhaire, plural cnámhara, comparative cnámhaire)

bony, ossiferous

Declension

Declension of cnámhar

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	cnámhar	chnámhar	cnámhara; chnámhara²
Vocative	chnámhair	chnámhar	cnámhara
Genitive	chnámhair	cnámhaire	cnámhara	cnámhar
Dative	cnámhar; chnámhar¹	chnámhar; chnámhair (archaic)	cnámhara; chnámhara²
Comparative	níos cnámhaire
Superlative	is cnámhaire

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
cnámhar	chnámhar	gcnámhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Entries containing “cnámhar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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