cionmhar
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Irish
[edit ]Etymology 1
[edit ]From cion ("share, amount") + -mhar .
Adjective
[edit ]cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair , genitive singular feminine cionmhaire , plural cionmhara , comparative cionmhaire )
- (politics ) proportional (of voting system)
Derived terms
[edit ]- ionadaíocht chionmhar ("proportional representation")
Etymology 2
[edit ]From cion ("love, affection") + -mhar .
Adjective
[edit ]cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair , genitive singular feminine cionmhaire , plural cionmhara , comparative cionmhaire )
- synonym of ceanúil ("loving, affectionate ")
Declension
[edit ]| Positive | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | strong noun | weak noun | |
| nominative | cionmhar | chionmhar | cionmhara ; chionmhara 2 | |
| vocative | chionmhair | cionmhara | ||
| genitive | cionmhaire | cionmhara | cionmhar | |
| dative | cionmhar; chionmhar 1 |
chionmhar ; chionmhair (archaic) |
cionmhara ; chionmhara 2 | |
| 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
[edit ]| 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
[edit ]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), "cionmhar", in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- "cionmhar", in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
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