fearúil
See also: féarúil
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish feramail.[1] By surface analysis, fear (“man”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲaˈɾˠuːlʲ/[2]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠuːlʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠulʲ/
Adjective edit
fearúil (genitive singular masculine fearúil, genitive singular feminine fearúla, plural fearúla, comparative fearúla)
Declension edit
Declension of fearúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fearúil | fhearúil | fearúla; fhearúla² | |
| Vocative | fhearúil | fearúla | ||
| Genitive | fearúla | fearúla | fearúil | |
| Dative | fearúil; fhearúil¹ |
fhearúil | fearúla; fhearúla² | |
| Comparative | níos fearúla | |||
| Superlative | is fearúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
- mífhearúil (“unmanly”, adjective)
Related terms edit
- fearúlacht f (“manliness, manly spirit”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fearúil | fhearúil | bhfearúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “feramail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 34
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fearúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN