ginitiúil
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin genitālis (“of or belonging to generation”) (+ -úil), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“I beget, generate”).
Adjective edit
ginitiúil (genitive singular masculine ginitiúil, genitive singular feminine ginitiúla, plural ginitiúla, not comparable)
Declension edit
Declension of ginitiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ginitiúil | ghinitiúil | ginitiúla; ghinitiúla² | |
| Vocative | ghinitiúil | ginitiúla | ||
| Genitive | ginitiúla | ginitiúla | ginitiúil | |
| Dative | ginitiúil; ghinitiúil¹ |
ghinitiúil | ginitiúla; ghinitiúla² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
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
- anaighinitiúil (“anogenital”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| ginitiúil | ghinitiúil | nginitiúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ginitiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “genital”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024