gaolmhar
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From gaol (“relationship”) + -mhar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gaolmhar (genitive singular masculine gaolmhair, genitive singular feminine gaolmhaire, plural gaolmhara, comparative gaolmhaire)
Declension[edit]
Declension of gaolmhar
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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[edit]
- gaolmhaireacht (“relationship; affinity, likeness; relativity”)
- idirghaolmhar (“interrelated”)
- neasghaolmhar (“closely related”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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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[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21
Further reading[edit]
- “gaolmhar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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