suanmhar

Irish

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. sleepy, drowsy, somnolent

   Synonyms: codlatach, néalmhar

Declension

Declension of suanmhar

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	suanmhar	shuanmhar	suanmhara; shuanmhara2
vocative	shuanmhair		suanmhara
genitive		suanmhaire	suanmhara	suanmhar
dative	suanmhar; shuanmhar1	shuanmhar; shuanmhair (archaic)	suanmhara; shuanmhara2
Comparative	níos suanmhaire
Superlative	is suanmhaire

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of suanmhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
suanmhar	shuanmhar after an, tsuanmhar	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suanmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “suanmhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “suanmhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024