fásmhar

Irish

Etymology

From fás +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

fásmhar (genitive singular masculine fásmhair, genitive singular feminine fásmhaire, plural fásmhara, comparative fásmhaire)

1. growing, thriving; growth-producing; vegetative

   Synonym: fástach

Declension

Declension of fásmhar

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	fásmhar	fhásmhar	fásmhara; fhásmhara2
vocative	fhásmhair		fásmhara
genitive		fásmhare	fásmhara	fásmhar
dative	fásmhar; fhásmhar1	fhásmhar; fhásmhair (archaic)	fásmhara; fhásmhara2
Comparative	níos fásmhare
Superlative	is fásmhare

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 fásmhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fásmhar	fhásmhar	bhfásmhar

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

References

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