iargúil
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- iargcúil (superseded spelling)
Etymology edit
From Old Irish íarcúl. By surface analysis, iar- + cúl.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
iargúil f (genitive singular iargúlach, nominative plural iargúlacha)
- remote corner; backwoods
- iargúil na hAstráile ― the outback of Australia
- ar an iargúil ― in the middle of nowhere, at the back of beyond
Declension edit
Declension of iargúil
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
iargúil (genitive singular feminine iargúla, plural iargúla, comparative iargúla)
- Alternative form of iargúlta
Declension edit
Declension of iargúil
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
iargúil | n-iargúil | hiargúil | not applicable |
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) “iargúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “íarcúl”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 74