sluamhar
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From slua (“host, force, army; crowd, multitude, throng”) + -mhar.
Adjective[edit]
sluamhar (genitive singular masculine sluamhair, genitive singular feminine sluamhaire, plural sluamhara, comparative sluamhaire)
- having large forces
- multitudinous
- Synonym: líonmhar
Declension[edit]
Declension of sluamhar
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | sluamhar | shluamhar | sluamhara; shluamhara² | |
Vocative | shluamhair | sluamhara | ||
Genitive | sluamhaire | sluamhara | sluamhar | |
Dative | sluamhar; shluamhar¹ |
shluamhar; shluamhair (archaic) |
sluamhara; shluamhara² | |
Comparative | níos sluamhaire | |||
Superlative | is sluamhaire |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sluamhar | shluamhar after an, tsluamhar |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sluamhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sluamhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm