cionmhar

Irish

Etymology 1

From cion (“share, amount”) +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair, genitive singular feminine cionmhaire, plural cionmhara, comparative cionmhaire)

  1. (politics) proportional (of voting system)
Derived terms
  • ionadaíocht chionmhar (“proportional representation”)

Etymology 2

From cion (“love, affection”) +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair, genitive singular feminine cionmhaire, plural cionmhara, comparative cionmhaire)

  1. synonym of ceanúil (“loving, affectionate”)

Declension

Declension of cionmhar
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cionmhar chionmhar cionmhara;
chionmhara2
vocative chionmhair cionmhara
genitive cionmhaire cionmhara cionmhar
dative cionmhar;
chionmhar1 		chionmhar;
chionmhair (archaic) 		cionmhara;
chionmhara2
Comparative níos cionmhaire
Superlative is cionmhaire

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 cionmhar
radical lenition eclipsis
cionmhar chionmhar gcionmhar

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) “cionmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “cionmhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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