fuinniúil
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fuinniúil (genitive singular feminine fuinniúla, plural fuinniúla, comparative fuinniúla)
Declension edit
Declension of fuinniúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fuinniúil | fhuinniúil | fuinniúla; fhuinniúla² | |
| Vocative | fhuinniúil | fuinniúla | ||
| Genitive | fuinniúla | fuinniúla | fuinniúil | |
| Dative | fuinniúil; fhuinniúil¹ |
fhuinniúil | fuinniúla; fhuinniúla² | |
| Comparative | níos fuinniúla | |||
| Superlative | is fuinniúla | |||
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 |
| fuinniúil | fhuinniúil | bhfuinniúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ “fuinniúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 84
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fuinneaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 340
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuinniúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN