cásmhar

Irish

Etymology

From cás (“honour, reverence”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cásmhar (genitive singular masculine cásmhair, genitive singular feminine cásmhaire, plural cásmhara, comparative cásmhaire)

  1. concerned
  2. plaintive, pitiable
  3. commiserative; sympathetic [with le ‘towards’]
  4. thoughtful; considerate [with i ‘of’]

Declension

Declension of cásmhar
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cásmhar chásmhar cásmhara;
chásmhara2
vocative chásmhair cásmhara
genitive cásmhaire cásmhara cásmhar
dative cásmhar;
chásmhar1 		chásmhar;
chásmhair (archaic) 		cásmhara;
chásmhara2
Comparative níos cásmhaire
Superlative is cásmhaire

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 cásmhar
radical lenition eclipsis
cásmhar chásmhar gcásmhar

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

References

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