éadmhar

Irish

Alternative forms

  • eudmhar, eudbhar (obsolete)[1]
  • éadúil

Etymology

From Middle Irish édmar.[2] By surface analysis, éad (“jealousy; envy”) +‎ -mhar. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic eudmhor.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠuːɾˠ/, [ˈɛə̯d̪ˠuːɾˠ][3]

Adjective

éadmhar (genitive singular masculine éadmhair, genitive singular feminine éadmhaire, plural éadmhara, comparative éadmhaire)

  1. jealous, envious
    • 1981, An Bíobla Naofa, Eaxodus, 34:14:
      Ná hadhair aon dia eile, óir An tÉadmhar is ainm don Tiarna; is Dia éadmhar é.
      Do not worship any other god, for Jealous is the Lord's name; he is a jealous God.

Declension

Declension of éadmhar
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative éadmhar éadmhar éadmhara
vocative éadmhair éadmhara
genitive éadmhaire éadmhara éadmhar
dative éadmhar éadmhar;
éadmhair (archaic) 		éadmhara
Comparative níos éadmhaire
Superlative is éadmhaire

Mutation

Mutated forms of éadmhar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éadmhar n-éadmhar héadmhar not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “éadmhar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “étmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 48, page 21

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