ramhar
Irish
Alternative forms
- reamhar (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish remor (“fat, stout, thick”), from Proto-Celtic *remros (“great, fat, thick”).
Adjective
ramhar (genitive singular masculine ramhair, genitive singular feminine raimhre, plural ramhra, comparative raimhre)
Declension
Derived terms
- ceannramhar (“thick-headed”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ramhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57
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