ceardúil

Irish

Etymology

From ceard (“artificer, artisan”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ceardúil (genitive singular masculine ceardúil, genitive singular feminine ceardúla, plural ceardúla, comparative ceardúla)

1. well-wrought, workmanlike

Declension

Declension of ceardúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ceardúil	cheardúil	ceardúla; cheardúla²
Vocative	cheardúil		ceardúla
Genitive		ceardúla	ceardúla	ceardúil
Dative	ceardúil; cheardúil¹	cheardúil	ceardúla; cheardúla²
Comparative	níos ceardúla
Superlative	is ceardúla

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

• ceardúlacht f (“skilled workmanship, artistry”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceardúil	cheardúil	gceardúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceardúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN