bunreachtúil
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From bunreacht (“constitution”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
bunreachtúil (genitive singular masculine bunreachtúil, genitive singular feminine bunreachtúla, plural bunreachtúla, comparative bunreachtúla)
- (administration, politics) constitutional
- Antonym: míbhunreachtúil
Declension edit
Declension of bunreachtúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bunreachtúil | bhunreachtúil | bunreachtúla; bhunreachtúla² | |
| Vocative | bhunreachtúil | bunreachtúla | ||
| Genitive | bunreachtúla | bunreachtúla | bunreachtúil | |
| Dative | bunreachtúil; bhunreachtúil¹ |
bhunreachtúil | bunreachtúla; bhunreachtúla² | |
| Comparative | níos bunreachtúla | |||
| Superlative | is bunreachtúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
- bunreachtúlacht (“constitutionality”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bunreachtúil | bhunreachtúil | mbunreachtúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bunreachtúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bunreachtúil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bunreachtúil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.