conúil

See also: cónúil

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish conamail (“houndlike”). By surface analysis, cú, con (“hound”) +‎ -úil.

Adjective

conúil (genitive singular feminine conúla, plural conúla, comparative conúla)

1. doglike, doggish

Declension

Declension of conúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	conúil	chonúil	conúla; chonúla²
Vocative	chonúil		conúla
Genitive		conúla	conúla	conúil
Dative	conúil; chonúil¹	chonúil	conúla; chonúla²
Comparative	níos conúla
Superlative	is conúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
conúil	chonúil	gconúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.