éagsúil
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish écsamail, from é- (“un-”) + cosmail (“similar”). Same construction as éagosúil, which was re-formed later from the same elements.
Adjective
editéagsúil (genitive singular masculine éagsúil, genitive singular feminine éagsúla, plural éagsúla, comparative éagsúla)
Declension
editDeclension of éagsúil
Derived terms
edit- bithéagsúil (“biodiverse”, adjective)
- éagsúlach (“strange, uncommon”, adjective)
- éagsúlacht f (“unlikeness, dissimilarity”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
éagsúil | n-éagsúil | héagsúil | 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) “éagsúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “écsamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “éagsúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “éagsúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024