léanmhar

Irish

Alternative forms
  • leunmhar (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From léan (“affliction, grief”) +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲeːnˠuɾˠ/, /ˈl̠ʲeːn̪ˠuɾˠ/[2]

Adjective

léanmhar (genitive singular masculine léanmhair, genitive singular feminine léanmhaire, plural léanmhara, comparative léanmhaire)

  1. painful, agonizing, harrowing, dire, afflictive
  2. woeful, sorrowful
  3. distressing
  4. anguished

Declension
Declension of léanmhar
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative léanmhar léanmhar léanmhara
Vocative léanmhair léanmhara
Genitive léanmhaire léanmhara léanmhar
Dative léanmhar léanmhar;
léanmhair (archaic)		 léanmhara
Comparative níos léanmhaire
Superlative is léanmhaire

References
  1. “léanmhar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 91

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