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): /ˈeːd̪ˠuːɾˠ/, [ˈɛə̯d̪ˠuːɾˠ][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.
    • 1981, An Bíobla Naofa, Nahúm, 1:2:
      Dia éadmhar díoltasach is ea an Tiarna; tá an Tiarna díoltasach agus lán feirge; Is ar a eascairde a imríonn an Tiarna díoltas; is dá naimhde a choinníonn sé a chuid feirge i dtaisce.
      A jealous and vengeful God is the Lord; the Lord is vengeful and full of anger; it is upon his enemies that he inflicts vengeance, and for his foes, he keeps his anger in storage.

Declension

Declension of éadmhar
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of éadmhar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éadmhar n-éadmhar héadmhar not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “éadmhar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “étmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 48, page 21

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