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

	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

Declension of suanmhar

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

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

• 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