plúrmhar

Irish

Etymology

From plúr (“flour; flower”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

plúrmhar (genitive singular masculine plúrmhair, genitive singular feminine plúrmhaire, plural plúrmhara, comparative plúrmhaire)

  1. synonym of plúrach (“floury, farinaceous; flower-like, pretty; efflorescent”)

Declension

Declension of plúrmhar
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative plúrmhar phlúrmhar plúrmhara;
phlúrmhara2
vocative phlúrmhair plúrmhara
genitive plúrmhare plúrmhara plúrmhar
dative plúrmhar;
phlúrmhar1 		phlúrmhar;
phlúrmhair (archaic) 		plúrmhara;
phlúrmhara2
Comparative níos plúrmhare
Superlative is plúrmhare

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 plúrmhar
radical lenition eclipsis
plúrmhar phlúrmhar bplúrmhar

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

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