éadmhar

Irish

Alternative forms
  • eudmhar, eudbhar (obsolete)[1]
  • éadúil

Etymology

From Middle Irish édmar.[2] By surface analysis, éad (“jealousy; envy”) +‎ -mhar. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic eudmhor.

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠuɾˠ/, [ˈɛə̯d̪ˠuɾˠ][3]

Adjective

éadmhar (genitive singular masculine éadmhair, genitive singular feminine éadmhaire, plural éadmhara, comparative éadmhaire)

  1. jealous, envious
    • 1981, An Bíobla Naofa, Eaxodus, 34:14:
      Ná hadhair aon dia eile, óir An tÉadmhar is ainm don Tiarna; is Dia éadmhar é.
      Do not worship any other god, for Jealous is the Lord's name; he is a jealous God.

Declension
Declension of éadmhar
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative éadmhar éadmhar éadmhara
Vocative éadmhair éadmhara
Genitive éadmhaire éadmhara éadmhar
Dative éadmhar éadmhar;
éadmhair (archaic)		 éadmhara
Comparative níos éadmhaire
Superlative is éadmhaire

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
éadmhar n-éadmhar héadmhar not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “éadmhar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “étmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21

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