ciallmhar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cíallmar. By surface analysis, ciall (“sense”) +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ciallmhar (genitive singular masculine ciallmhair, genitive singular feminine ciallmhaire, plural ciallmhara, comparative ciallmhaire)

  1. sensible, reasonable
    Synonym: réasúnta

Declension

Declension of ciallmhar
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ciallmhar chiallmhar ciallmhara;
chiallmhara2
vocative chiallmhair ciallmhara
genitive ciallmhaire ciallmhara ciallmhar
dative ciallmhar;
chiallmhar1 		chiallmhar;
chiallmhair (archaic) 		ciallmhara;
chiallmhara2
Comparative níos ciallmhaire
Superlative is ciallmhaire

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciallmhar
radical lenition eclipsis
ciallmhar chiallmhar gciallmhar

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 54, page 29

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