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feidhmiúil

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From feidhm +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

feidhmiúil (genitive singular feminine feidhmiúla, plural feidhmiúla, comparative feidhmiúla)

  1. forceful
    Synonyms: láidir, éifeachtach
  2. serviceable
  3. functional (useful, serving a purpose), useful
    Synonym: praiticiúil
  4. (medicine) functional (such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure)
  5. efficient
    Synonyms: éifeachtach, éifeachtúil

Declension edit

Declension of feidhmiúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative feidhmiúil fheidhmiúil feidhmiúla;
fheidhmiúla²
Vocative fheidhmiúil feidhmiúla
Genitive feidhmiúla feidhmiúla feidhmiúil
Dative feidhmiúil;
fheidhmiúil¹ 		fheidhmiúil feidhmiúla;
fheidhmiúla²
Comparative níos feidhmiúla
Superlative is feidhmiúla

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
feidhmiúil fheidhmiúil bhfeidhmiúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35

Further reading edit

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