sliochdmhor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

sliochd (“seed, offspring, progeny, descendants, posterity”) +‎ -mhor

Adjective

sliochdmhor (genitive singular masculine sliochdmhoir, genitive singular feminine sliochdmhoire, nominative plural sliochdmhora, comparative sliochdmhoire)

  1. prolific (having many descendants)
  2. populous

Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative sliochdmhor shliochdmhor sliochdmhora
Vocative shliochdmhoire shliochdmhoire sliochdmhor
Genitive shliochdmhoir sliochdmhoire sliochdmhor
Dative shliochdmhor shliochdmhoir sliochdmhor

Comparative/superlative: sliochdmhoire

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sliochdmhor”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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