cionmhar

Irish

Etymology 1

From cion (“share, amount”) +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair, genitive singular feminine cionmhaire, plural cionmhara, comparative cionmhaire)

1. (politics) proportional (of voting system)

Derived terms

• ionadaíocht chionmhar (“proportional representation”)

Etymology 2

From cion (“love, affection”) +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

cionmhar (genitive singular masculine cionmhair, genitive singular feminine cionmhaire, plural cionmhara, comparative cionmhaire)

1. Synonym of ceanúil (“loving, affectionate”)

Declension

Declension of cionmhar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cionmhar	chionmhar	cionmhara; chionmhara²
Vocative	chionmhair		cionmhara
Genitive		cionmhaire	cionmhara	cionmhar
Dative	cionmhar; chionmhar¹	chionmhar; chionmhair (archaic)	cionmhara; chionmhara²
Comparative	níos cionmhaire
Superlative	is cionmhaire

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cionmhar	chionmhar	gcionmhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cionmhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “proprtional”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024