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banúil

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish banamail, from Old Irish ben (“woman”). By surface analysis, ban- +‎ -úil.

Adjective

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banúil (genitive singular masculine banúil, genitive singular feminine banúla, plural banúla, comparative banúla)

  1. womanly, ladylike
  2. modest

Declension

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Declension of banúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative banúil bhanúil banúla;
bhanúla²
Vocative bhanúil banúla
Genitive banúla banúla banúil
Dative banúil;
bhanúil¹ 		bhanúil;
bhanúil (archaic) 		banúla;
bhanúla²
Comparative níos banúla
Superlative is banúla

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

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
banúil bhanúil mbanúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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