tollmhór

Irish

Etymology

From toll (“posterior, buttocks”) +‎ mór (“big, large, great”).

Adjective

tollmhór (genitive singular masculine tollmhóir, genitive singular feminine tollmhóire, plural tollmhóra, comparative tollmhó)

  1. big-bottomed
  2. bumptious

Declension

Declension of tollmhór
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative tollmhór thollmhór tollmhóra;
thollmhóra2
vocative thollmhóir tollmhóra
genitive tollmhóire tollmhóra tollmhór
dative tollmhór;
thollmhór1 		thollmhór;
thollmhóir (archaic) 		tollmhóra;
thollmhóra2
Comparative níos tollmhó
Superlative is tollmhó

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • tollmhóire (“bumptiousness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tollmhór
radical lenition eclipsis
tollmhór thollmhór dtollmhór

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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