fuilí
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish fuilide.[2] By surface analysis, fuil + -í.
Adjective
editfuilí
Declension
editDeclension of fuilí
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fuilí | fhuilí | fuilí; fhuilí² | |
| Vocative | fhuilí | fuilí | ||
| Genitive | fuilí | fuilí | fuilí | |
| Dative | fuilí; fhuilí¹ |
fhuilí | fuilí; fhuilí² | |
| Comparative | níos fuilí | |||
| Superlative | is fuilí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fuilí | fhuilí | bhfuilí |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fuiliḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuilide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuilí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN