cáiliúil
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cáiliúil (genitive singular masculine cáiliúil, genitive singular feminine cáiliúla, plural cáiliúla, comparative cáiliúla)
- celebrated for quality, famous
- of medium quality, middling
Declension edit
Declension of cáiliúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cáiliúil | cháiliúil | cáiliúla; cháiliúla² | |
| Vocative | cháiliúil | cáiliúla | ||
| Genitive | cáiliúla | cáiliúla | cáiliúil | |
| Dative | cáiliúil; cháiliúil¹ |
cháiliúil | cáiliúla; cháiliúla² | |
| Comparative | níos cáiliúla | |||
| Superlative | is cáiliúla | |||
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 |
| cáiliúil | cháiliúil | gcáiliúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cáileaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 105
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cáiliúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN