anmhór
Irish
Adjective
anmhór (genitive singular masculine anmhóir, genitive singular feminine anmhóire, plural anmhóra)
- huge, enormous
- very friendly [+ le (with)]
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 194:
- Bhí an chéad mháta a bhí ar an luing anamhór leis an gcaptaen.
- The first mate who was on the ship was very friendly with the captain.
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 194:
Declension
Declension of anmhór
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | anmhór | anmhór | anmhóra | |
| Vocative | anmhóir | anmhóra | ||
| Genitive | anmhóire | anmhóra | anmhór | |
| Dative | anmhór | anmhór; anmhóir (archaic) |
anmhóra | |
| Comparative | níos anmhó | |||
| Superlative | is anmhó | |||
Related terms
- anmhórán (“huge amount; huge number”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| anmhór | n-anmhór | hanmhór | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "anmhór" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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