grianmhar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gríanmar (“brilliant”). By surface analysis, grian (“sun”) +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɾʲiənˠvˠəɾˠ/, /ˈɟɾʲiən̪ˠvˠəɾˠ/

Adjective

grianmhar (genitive singular masculine grianmhair, genitive singular feminine grianmhaire, plural grianmhara, comparative grianmhaire)

1. sunny
2. bright, cheerful, pleasant

Declension

Declension of grianmhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	grianmhar	ghrianmhar	grianmhara; ghrianmhara²
Vocative	ghrianmhair		grianmhara
Genitive		grianmhaire	grianmhara	grianmhar
Dative	grianmhar; ghrianmhar¹	ghrianmhar; ghrianmhair (archaic)	grianmhara; ghrianmhara²
Comparative	níos grianmhaire
Superlative	is grianmhaire

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
grianmhar	ghrianmhar	ngrianmhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “grianmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grianmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN