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reamhar
reamhar
Irish
Noun
reamhar m (genitive singular reamhair)
- Obsolete spelling of ramhar (“thick part”)
Declension
Declension of reamhar
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Adjective
reamhar (genitive singular masculine reamhair, genitive singular feminine reimhre, plural reamhra)
- Obsolete spelling of ramhar (“fat, thick”)
Declension
Declension of reamhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | reamhar | reamhar¹ | reamhra³ | |
| Vocative | reamhair¹ | reamhar¹ | reamhra | |
| Genitive | reamhair¹ | reimhre | reamhra | reamhar |
| Dative | reamhar² | reamhar¹; (archaic) reamhair¹ |
reamhra³ | |
| Comparative | reimhre | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
References
- "reamhar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish remor (“fat, stout, thick”), from Proto-Celtic *remros (“great, fat, thick”).
Adjective
reamhar (comparative reamhra)
Derived terms
Terms derived from reamhar
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References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “remor” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.