lúfar
See also: lufar
Irish
Alternative forms
- lúthmhar (superseded)
Etymology
From Middle Irish lúthmar, lúthmur; surface analysis lúth + -mhar.
Adjective
lúfar (genitive singular masculine lúfair, genitive singular feminine lúfaire, plural lúfara, comparative lúfaire)
Declension
Declension of lúfar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | lúfar | lúfar | lúfara | |
| Vocative | lúfair | lúfara | ||
| Genitive | lúfaire | lúfara | lúfar | |
| Dative | lúfar | lúfar; lúfair (archaic) |
lúfara | |
| Comparative | níos lúfaire | |||
| Superlative | is lúfaire | |||
Further reading
- “lúfar” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lúthmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “lúṫṁar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 453.
- "lúfar" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 20
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