míofar
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish mifir,[2] reshaped under the influence of the suffix -mhar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲiːfˠəɾˠ/[3]; /ˈmʲiːhwəɾˠ/, [ˈmʲiːʍəɾˠ][4] (corresponding to the form míothmhar)
Adjective
[edit]míofar (genitive singular masculine míofair, genitive singular feminine míofaire, plural míofara, comparative míofaire)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | míofar | mhíofar | míofara; mhíofara2 | |
| vocative | mhíofair | míofara | ||
| genitive | míofare | míofara | míofar | |
| dative | míofar; mhíofar1 |
mhíofar; mhíofair (archaic) |
míofara; mhíofara2 | |
| Comparative | níos míofare | |||
| Superlative | is míofare | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| míofar | mhíofar | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “míofar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mifir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 316, page 111
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 201, page 76
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míofar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN