luachmhar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lógmar (“precious, valuable”), from lóg (“value”) + -mar. By surface analysis, luach +‎ -mhar.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠuəxvˠəɾˠ/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠuəxwəɾˠ/

Adjective

luachmhar (genitive singular masculine luachmhair, genitive singular feminine luachmhaire, plural luachmhara, comparative luachmhaire)

valuable, costly, precious

Declension

Declension of luachmhar

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	luachmhar	luachmhar	luachmhara
Vocative	luachmhair	luachmhar	luachmhara
Genitive	luachmhair	luachmhare	luachmhara	luachmhar
Dative	luachmhar	luachmhar; luachmhair (archaic)	luachmhara
Comparative	níos luachmhare
Superlative	is luachmhare

Synonyms

(precious): lómhar², maoineach

Derived terms

luachmhaireacht f (“costliness, preciousness”)

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luachmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lógmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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