bláthmhar

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠlˠɑːfˠəɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠlˠæːfˠəɾˠ/

Adjective

bláthmhar (genitive singular masculine bláthmhair, genitive singular feminine bláthmhaire, plural bláthmhara, comparative bláthmhaire)

Obsolete form of bláfar (“blooming, beautiful; tidy; demure; florid”).

Declension

Declension of bláthmhar

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	bláthmhar	bhláthmhar	bláthmhara; bhláthmhara²
Vocative	bhláthmhair	bhláthmhar	bláthmhara
Genitive	bhláthmhair	bláthmhaire	bláthmhara	bláthmhar
Dative	bláthmhar; bhláthmhar¹	bhláthmhar; bhláthmhair (archaic)	bláthmhara; bhláthmhara²
Comparative	níos bláthmhaire
Superlative	is bláthmhaire

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bláthmhar	bhláthmhar	mbláthmhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bláthmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bláthmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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