pianmhar

Irish

Etymology

From pian (“pain”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

pianmhar (genitive singular masculine pianmhair, genitive singular feminine pianmhaire, plural pianmhara, comparative pianmhaire)

painful

Declension

Declension of pianmhar

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	pianmhar	phianmhar	pianmhara; phianmhara²
Vocative	phianmhair	phianmhar	pianmhara
Genitive	phianmhair	pianmhare	pianmhara	pianmhar
Dative	pianmhar; phianmhar¹	phianmhar; phianmhair (archaic)	pianmhara; phianmhara²
Comparative	níos pianmhare
Superlative	is pianmhare

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

Synonyms

pianach
piantach
piantúil
pianúil

Derived terms

pianmhaireacht f (“painfulness”)

Related terms

peannaideacht, pianaí, dócúlacht, leadarthaí, nimhneachas (“painfulness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pianmhar	phianmhar	bpianmhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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