grianmhar
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish gríanmar (“brilliant”). By surface analysis, grian (“sun”) + -mhar.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgrianmhar (genitive singular masculine grianmhair, genitive singular feminine grianmhaire, plural grianmhara, comparative grianmhaire)
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | grianmhar | ghrianmhar | grianmhara; ghrianmhara2 | |
vocative | ghrianmhair | grianmhara | ||
genitive | grianmhaire | grianmhara | grianmhar | |
dative | grianmhar; ghrianmhar1 |
ghrianmhar; ghrianmhair (archaic) |
grianmhara; ghrianmhara2 | |
Comparative | níos grianmhaire | |||
Superlative | is grianmhaire |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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grianmhar | ghrianmhar | ngrianmhar |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 135
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “grianmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grianmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN