ginitiúil
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin genitālis (“of or belonging to generation”) (+ -úil), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“I beget, generate”).
Adjective
editginitiúil (genitive singular masculine ginitiúil, genitive singular feminine ginitiúla, plural ginitiúla, not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of ginitiúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
editIrish mutation | ||
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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