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ámhar
ámhar
Irish
Adjective
ámhar (genitive singular masculine ámhair, genitive singular feminine ámhaire, plural ámhara, comparative ámhaire)
- Alternative form of ámharach (“lucky, fortunate”)
Declension
Declension of ámhar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ámhar | ámhar¹ | ámhara³ | |
| Vocative | ámhair¹ | ámhar¹ | ámhara | |
| Genitive | ámhair¹ | ámhaire | ámhara | ámhar |
| Dative | ámhar² | ámhar¹; (archaic) ámhair¹ |
ámhara³ | |
| Comparative | ámhaire | |||
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.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ámhar | n-ámhar | hámhar | t-ámhar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ámharach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “ádmar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.