anmhór

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an- +‎ mór.

Adjective

anmhór (genitive singular masculine anmhóir, genitive singular feminine anmhóire, plural anmhóra)

  1. huge, enormous
  2. very friendly [with le ‘with’]
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
      Bhí an chéad mháta a bhí ar an luing anamhór leis an gcaptaen.
      The first mate who was on the ship was very friendly with the captain.

Declension

Declension of anmhór
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative anmhór anmhór anmhóra
vocative anmhóir anmhóra
genitive anmhóire anmhóra anmhór
dative anmhór anmhór;
anmhóir (archaic) 		anmhóra
Comparative níos anmhó
Superlative is anmhó

Mutation

Mutated forms of anmhór
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anmhór n-anmhór hanmhór not applicable

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

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