modhúil
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From modh (“mode, manner”) + -úil. Compare Scottish Gaelic modhail.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
modhúil (genitive singular feminine modhúla, plural modhúla, comparative modhúla)
- modest (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
- Synonyms: náireach, náiriúil, adhnáireach
- ladylike
- Synonym: banúil
- mannerly, gracious
- gentle, mild
- chomh modhúil le huan caorach ― as gentle as a lamb
Declension edit
Declension of modhúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | modhúil | mhodhúil | modhúla; mhodhúla² | |
| Vocative | mhodhúil | modhúla | ||
| Genitive | modhúla | modhúla | modhúil | |
| Dative | modhúil; mhodhúil¹ |
mhodhúil | modhúla; mhodhúla² | |
| Comparative | níos modhúla | |||
| Superlative | is modhúla | |||
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
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| modhúil | mhodhúil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- “modhúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “modamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “moḋaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 492
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “modhúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 51
