saolmhar

Irish

Etymology

From saol (“life”) +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

saolmhar (genitive singular masculine saolmhair, genitive singular feminine saolmhaire, plural saolmhara, comparative saolmhaire)

  1. synonym of saolach (“long-lived”)

Declension

Declension of saolmhar
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative saolmhar shaolmhar saolmhara;
shaolmhara2
vocative shaolmhair saolmhara
genitive saolmhaire saolmhara saolmhar
dative saolmhar;
shaolmhar1 		shaolmhar;
shaolmhair (archaic) 		saolmhara;
shaolmhara2
Comparative níos saolmhaire
Superlative is saolmhaire

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 saolmhar
radical lenition eclipsis
saolmhar shaolmhar
after an, tsaolmhar 		not applicable

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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