feolmhar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From feoil (“flesh, meat”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

feolmhar (genitive singular masculine feolmhair, genitive singular feminine feolmhaire, plural feolmhara, comparative feolmhaire)

  1. fleshy, meaty; fat, flabby, plump, rotund

Declension
Declension of feolmhar
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative feolmhar fheolmhar feolmhara;
fheolmhara²
Vocative fheolmhair feolmhara
Genitive feolmhare feolmhara feolmhar
Dative feolmhar;
fheolmhar¹		 fheolmhar;
fheolmhair (archaic)		 feolmhara;
fheolmhara²
Comparative níos feolmhare
Superlative is feolmhare

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

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
feolmhar fheolmhar bhfeolmhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "feolmhar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “fleshy” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “meaty” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “plump” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “rotund” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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