plúrmhar
Irish
Adjective
plúrmhar (genitive singular masculine plúrmhair, genitive singular feminine plúrmhaire, plural plúrmhara, comparative plúrmhaire)
- Synonym of plúrach (“floury, farinaceous; flower-like, pretty; efflorescent”)
Declension
Declension of plúrmhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | plúrmhar | phlúrmhar | plúrmhara; phlúrmhara² | |
| Vocative | phlúrmhair | plúrmhara | ||
| Genitive | plúrmhare | plúrmhara | plúrmhar | |
| Dative | plúrmhar; phlúrmhar¹ |
phlúrmhar; phlúrmhair (archaic) |
plúrmhara; phlúrmhara² | |
| Comparative | níos plúrmhare | |||
| Superlative | is plúrmhare | |||
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 |
| plúrmhar | phlúrmhar | bplúrmhar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plúrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “plúrmhar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
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