-mhar

mhâr Irish Etymology From ga sga -mar, from sga már, sga mór big.2 132 Ar an lámh eile, tharlódh gur scar ball deiridh comhfhocail lena bhunfhocal de bharr na bhforbairtí seo, deighilt a réitigh an bealach dá ataifeach mar iarmhír nua scaití. Mar shampla, is léir ó MB nerthfawr, Gl. Nerto-maros < CC *nerto-māros ‘mór (*māro/ā‑, SG már; 3.12) maidir le neart’ gur seanchomhfhocal é SG nert-mar ‘neartmhar’ ach fágadh an ‑mar seo ar leataobh nuair a tháinig comhfhocail nua ar nós argat-már (argat ‘airgead’ + már ‘mór’) chun cinn. B’éasca ‑mar a thuiscint mar iarmhír shealbhach ina dhiaidh sin agus aidiachtaí nua ar nós lógmar ‘luachmhar’, boladmar ‘cumhra’ a bhunú uirthi. (…) On the other hand, the final member of a compound word could be separated from its original word due to these developments, a separation that paved the way for its reanalysis as a new suffix. For example, it is clear from Middle Welsh nerthfawr, Gaulish Nerto-maros < Proto-Celtic *nerto-māros ‘great (*māro/ā‑, Old Irish már; 3.12) in relation to strength’ that Old Irish nert-mar ‘strong’ is an old compound, but this ‑mar was left aside when new compounds such as argat-már (argat ‘money’ + már ‘big’) appeared. It was easy to understand ‑mar as a possessive suffix afterwards, and new adjectives such as lógmar ‘valuable’, boladmar ‘fragrant’ were based on it. (…) Pronunciation ga Ulster /uɾˠ/ after a consonant 21 48 /wəɾˠ/ after a vowel 16 33 Suffix a -y added to nouns to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of” Usage notes Merges with a preceding th to become -far, e.g. bláth + -mhar = ga bláfar. A preceding mh is deleted, e.g. cnámh + -mhar = ga cnámhar. Declension -mhar -mhair -mhaire ~a Derived terms ga References