ramhar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish remor (“fat, stout, thick”), from Proto-Celtic *remros (“great, fat, thick”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ramhar (genitive singular masculine ramhair, genitive singular feminine raimhre, plural ramhra, comparative raimhre)

  1. fat
    Synonym: feolmhar
  2. thick

Declension

Declension of ramhar
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ramhar ramhar ramhra
vocative ramhair ramhra
genitive raimhre ramhra ramhar
dative ramhar ramhar;
ramhair (archaic) 		ramhra
Comparative níos raimhre
Superlative is raimhre

Derived terms

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, § 201, page 101
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 144, page 57

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