cnámhar

Irish

Etymology

From cnámh (“bone”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cnámhar (genitive singular masculine cnámhair, genitive singular feminine cnámhaire, plural cnámhara, comparative cnámhaire)

  1. bony, ossiferous

Declension

Declension of cnámhar
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cnámhar chnámhar cnámhara;
chnámhara2
vocative chnámhair cnámhara
genitive cnámhaire cnámhara cnámhar
dative cnámhar;
chnámhar1 		chnámhar;
chnámhair (archaic) 		cnámhara;
chnámhara2
Comparative níos cnámhaire
Superlative is cnámhaire

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 cnámhar
radical lenition eclipsis
cnámhar chnámhar gcnámhar

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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