gaolmhar
Irish
Alternative forms
- gaolach
- gaelmhar (obsolete)
Adjective
gaolmhar (genitive singular masculine gaolmhair, genitive singular feminine gaolmhaire, plural gaolmhara, comparative gaolmhaire)
Declension
Declension of gaolmhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gaolmhar | ghaolmhar | gaolmhara; ghaolmhara² | |
| Vocative | ghaolmhair | gaolmhara | ||
| Genitive | gaolmhaire | gaolmhara | gaolmhar | |
| Dative | gaolmhar; ghaolmhar¹ |
ghaolmhar; ghaolmhair (archaic) |
gaolmhara; ghaolmhara² | |
| Comparative | níos gaolmhaire | |||
| Superlative | is gaolmhaire | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- gaolmhaireacht (“relationship; affinity, likeness; relativity”)
- idirghaolmhar (“interrelated”)
- neasghaolmhar (“closely related”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gaolmhar | ghaolmhar | ngaolmhar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21
Further reading
- “gaolmhar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gáelmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gaolṁar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 352
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gaolmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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