néalmhar

Irish

Etymology

From néal (“cloud; swoon, nap, snooze”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival ending).

Adjective

néalmhar (genitive singular masculine néalmhair, genitive singular feminine néalmhaire, plural néalmhara, comparative néalmhaire)

nebulous, nebular
clouded, gloomy; sleepy

Declension

Declension of néalmhar

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	néalmhar	néalmhar	néalmhara
Vocative	néalmhair	néalmhar	néalmhara
Genitive	néalmhair	néalmhare	néalmhara	néalmhar
Dative	néalmhar	néalmhar; néalmhair (archaic)	néalmhara
Comparative	níos néalmhare
Superlative	is néalmhare

Synonyms

(nebulous): ceoch, míshoiléir
(gloomy): duairc, doilbhir, gruama, dubhach
(sleepy): codlatach, suanmhar

Derived terms

néalmhaireacht f (“nebulosity”)

References

"néalmhar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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