ardfhear

Irish

Etymology

From ard- +‎ fear.

Pronunciation

Noun

ardfhear m (genitive singular ardfhir, nominative plural ardfhir)

  1. excellent man
    Ardfhear! ― Bravo!

Declension

Declension of ardfhear (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ardfhear ardfhir
vocative a ardfhir a ardfheara
genitive ardfhir ardfhear
dative ardfhear ardfhir
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ardfhear na hardfhir
genitive an ardfhir na n-ardfhear
dative leis an ardfhear
don ardfhear 		leis na hardfhir

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardfhear
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ardfhear n-ardfhear hardfhear t-ardfhear

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardfhear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “dude”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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