matamaiticiúil
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From matamaitic (“mathematics”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
matamaiticiúil (genitive singular masculine matamaiticiúil, genitive singular feminine matamaiticiúla, plural matamaiticiúla, comparative matamaiticiúla)
Declension edit
Declension of matamaiticiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | matamaiticiúil | mhatamaiticiúil | matamaiticiúla; mhatamaiticiúla² | |
| Vocative | mhatamaiticiúil | matamaiticiúla | ||
| Genitive | matamaiticiúla | matamaiticiúla | matamaiticiúil | |
| Dative | matamaiticiúil; mhatamaiticiúil¹ |
mhatamaiticiúil | matamaiticiúla; mhatamaiticiúla² | |
| Comparative | níos matamaiticiúla | |||
| Superlative | is matamaiticiúla | |||
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 |
| matamaiticiúil | mhatamaiticiúil | not applicable |
| 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) “matamaiticiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “mathematical”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “numerate”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024