síolmhar

Irish

Etymology

From síol +‎ -mhar [from 17th c.].

Pronunciation

Adjective

síolmhar (genitive singular masculine síolmhair, genitive singular feminine síolmhaire, plural síolmhara, comparative síolmhaire)

  1. fertile, fruitful
    Synonym: torthúil

Declension

Declension of síolmhar
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative síolmhar shíolmhar síolmhara;
shíolmhara2
vocative shíolmhair síolmhara
genitive síolmhaire síolmhara síolmhar
dative síolmhar;
shíolmhar1 		shíolmhar;
shíolmhair (archaic) 		síolmhara;
shíolmhara2
Comparative níos síolmhaire
Superlative is síolmhaire

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 síolmhar
radical lenition eclipsis
síolmhar shíolmhar
after an, tsíolmhar 		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

  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, § 89, page 49

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