cónúil
See also: conúil
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From cón (“cone”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
cónúil (genitive singular masculine cónúil, genitive singular feminine cónúla, plural cónúla, comparative cónúla)
- conical
- Synonyms: coirceogach, cónach
Declension edit
Declension of cónúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cónúil | chónúil | cónúla; chónúla² | |
| Vocative | chónúil | cónúla | ||
| Genitive | cónúla | cónúla | cónúil | |
| Dative | cónúil; chónúil¹ |
chónúil | cónúla; chónúla² | |
| Comparative | níos cónúla | |||
| Superlative | is cónúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cónúil | chónúil | gcónúil |
| 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) “cónúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cónúil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.