-mhar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish -mar, from immar, mar (“like”).

Suffix

-mhar

-y (added to nouns to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”)

Usage notes

Merges with a preceding th to become -far, e.g. bláth + -mhar = bláfar.
A preceding mh is deleted, e.g. cnámh + -mhar = cnámhar.

Declension

Declension of -mhar

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	-mhar	-mhar	-mhara
Vocative	-mhair	-mhar	-mhara
Genitive	-mhair	-mhaire	-mhara	-mhar
Dative	-mhar	-mhar; -mhair (archaic)	-mhara
Comparative	níos -mhaire
Superlative	is -mhaire

Derived terms

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