bámhar

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bádhmhar

Etymology

From bá +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑːvˠəɾˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑːwəɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠaːwəɾˠ/

Adjective

bámhar (genitive singular masculine bámhair, genitive singular feminine bámhaire, plural bámhara, comparative bámhaire)

  1. synonym of báúil

Declension

Declension of bámhar
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bámhar bhámhar bámhara;
bhámhara2
vocative bhámhair bámhara
genitive bámhaire bámhara bámhar
dative bámhar;
bhámhar1 		bhámhar;
bhámhair (archaic) 		bámhara;
bhámhara2
Comparative níos bámhaire
Superlative is bámhaire

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of bámhar
radical lenition eclipsis
bámhar bhámhar mbámhar

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

Further reading

  • “báúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 37
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bámhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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