cionmhar

Irish

Etymology 1

    From cion (“share, amount”) +‎ -mhar.

    Adjective

    cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair, genitive singular feminine cionmhaire, plural cionmhara, comparative cionmhaire)

    1. (politics) proportional (of voting system)
    Derived terms
    • ionadaíocht chionmhar (“proportional representation”)

    Etymology 2

      From cion (“love, affection”) +‎ -mhar.

      Adjective

      cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair, genitive singular feminine cionmhaire, plural cionmhara, comparative cionmhaire)

      1. synonym of ceanúil (“loving, affectionate”)

      Declension

      Declension of cionmhar
      Positive singular plural
      masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
      nominative cionmhar chionmhar cionmhara;
      chionmhara2
      vocative chionmhair cionmhara
      genitive cionmhaire cionmhara cionmhar
      dative cionmhar;
      chionmhar1       		chionmhar;
      chionmhair (archaic)       		cionmhara;
      chionmhara2
      Comparative níos cionmhaire
      Superlative is cionmhaire

      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 cionmhar
      radical lenition eclipsis
      cionmhar chionmhar gcionmhar

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

      Further reading

      • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cionmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
      • “cionmhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
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