séanmhar

See also: seanmhar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

séan + -mhar

Adjective

séanmhar (genitive singular masculine séanmhair, genitive singular feminine séanmhaire)

  1. happy, lucky, prosperous
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Thug an bhanríoghan an t‑ógánach isteach ’san phálás, ⁊ bhí righeacht ⁊ saidhbhreas an tsean-ríogh alig aige; ⁊ bhí sé féin ⁊ a mháthair go sona, seunmhar ó shin amach: ⁊ mar robh siad-san go mbeidh sinne.
      The queen brought the youth into her own palace, and he had the kingdom and riches of the old king, and himself and his mother were happy and prosperous from that forth, and like them may we too be.

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
séanmhar shéanmhar
after an, tséanmhar
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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