duilliúil
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom duille (“leaves, foliage”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editduilliúil (genitive singular masculine duilliúil, genitive singular feminine duilliúla, plural duilliúla, comparative duilliúla)
Declension
editDeclension of duilliúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | duilliúil | dhuilliúil | duilliúla; dhuilliúla² | |
Vocative | dhuilliúil | duilliúla | ||
Genitive | duilliúla | duilliúla | duilliúil | |
Dative | duilliúil; dhuilliúil¹ |
dhuilliúil | duilliúla; dhuilliúla² | |
Comparative | níos duilliúla | |||
Superlative | is duilliúla |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
duilliúil | dhuilliúil | nduilliúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duilliúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN