-mhar
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See also: mhâr
Irish
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Old Irish -mar , from már , mór ("big").[1]
Pronunciation
[edit ]Suffix
[edit ]-mhar
- -y (added to nouns to form adjectives meaning "having the quality of")
Usage notes
[edit ]- Merges with a preceding th to become -far, e.g. bláth + -mhar = bláfar .
- A preceding mh is deleted, e.g. cnámh + -mhar = cnámhar .
Declension
[edit ]| Positive | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | strong noun | weak noun | |
| nominative | -mhar | -mhar | -mhara | |
| vocative | -mhair | -mhara | ||
| genitive | -mhaire | -mhara | -mhar | |
| dative | -mhar | -mhar; -mhair (archaic) |
-mhara | |
| Comparative | níos -mhaire | |||
| Superlative | is -mhaire | |||
Derived terms
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Kim McCone (1994), "An tSean-Ghaeilge agus a Réamhstair", in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, page 132:
- Ar an lámh eile, tharlódh gur scar ball deiridh comhfhocail lena bhunfhocal de bharr na bhforbairtí seo, deighilt a réitigh an bealach dá ataifeach mar iarmhír nua scaití. Mar shampla, is léir ó MB nerthfawr, Gl. Nerto-maros < CC *nerto-māros ‘mór (*māro/ā‐, SG már; 3.12) maidir le neart’ gur seanchomhfhocal é SG nert-mar ‘neartmhar’ ach fágadh an ‐mar seo ar leataobh nuair a tháinig comhfhocail nua ar nós argat-már (argat ‘airgead’ + már ‘mór’) chun cinn. B’éasca ‐mar a thuiscint mar iarmhír shealbhach ina dhiaidh sin agus aidiachtaí nua ar nós lógmar ‘luachmhar’, boladmar ‘cumhra’ a bhunú uirthi. (...)
- On the other hand, the final member of a compound word could be separated from its original word due to these developments, a separation that paved the way for its reanalysis as a new suffix. For example, it is clear from Middle Welsh nerthfawr, Gaulish Nerto-maros < Proto-Celtic *nerto-māros ‘great (*māro/ā‐, Old Irish már; 3.12) in relation to strength’ that Old Irish nert-mar ‘strong’ is an old compound, but this ‐mar was left aside when new compounds such as argat-már (argat ‘money’ + már ‘big’) appeared. It was easy to understand ‐mar as a possessive suffix afterwards, and new adjectives such as lógmar ‘valuable’, boladmar ‘fragrant’ were based on it. (...)
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal , Cambridge University Press, § 48 , page 21
- ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925), Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish][1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 33, page 16
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