feolmhar

Irish

Alternative forms

• feolmharach

Etymology

From feoil (“flesh, meat”) +‎ -mhar (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

feolmhar (genitive singular masculine feolmhair, genitive singular feminine feolmhaire, plural feolmhara, comparative feolmhaire)

1. fleshy, meaty; fat, flabby, plump, rotund

Declension

Declension of feolmhar

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	feolmhar	fheolmhar	feolmhara; fheolmhara2
vocative	fheolmhair		feolmhara
genitive		feolmhare	strong noun	weak noun
			feolmhara	feolmhar
dative	feolmhar; fheolmhar1	fheolmhar; fheolmhair (archaic)	feolmhara; fheolmhara2
Comparative	níos feolmhare
Superlative	is feolmhare

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of feolmhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
feolmhar	fheolmhar	bhfeolmhar

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feolmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “fleshy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “meaty”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “plump”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “rotund”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025