suanmhar

Irish

Etymology

Form suan (“sleep, slumber”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival ending).

Adjective

suanmhar (genitive singular masculine suanmhair, genitive singular feminine suanmhaire, plural suanmhara, comparative suanmhaire)

sleepy, drowsy

Declension

Declension of suanmhar

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	suanmhar	shuanmhar	suanmhara; shuanmhara²
Vocative	shuanmhair	shuanmhar	suanmhara
Genitive	shuanmhair	suanmhare	suanmhara	suanmhar
Dative	suanmhar; shuanmhar¹	shuanmhar; shuanmhair (archaic)	suanmhara; shuanmhara²
Comparative	níos suanmhare
Superlative	is suanmhare

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

Synonyms

codlatach
(sleepy): néalmhar

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
suanmhar	shuanmhar after an, tsuanmhar	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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