iargúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• iargcúil (superseded spelling)

Etymology

From Old Irish íarcúl. By surface analysis, iar- +‎ cúl.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈjiəɾˠəɡulˠ/

Noun

iargúil f (genitive singular iargúlach, nominative plural iargúlacha)

1. remote corner; backwoods

   iargúil na hAstráile ― the outback of Australia

   ar an iargúil ― in the middle of nowhere, at the back of beyond

Declension

Declension of iargúil

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative iargúil iargúlacha Vocative a iargúil a iargúlacha Genitive iargúlach iargúlacha Dative iargúil iargúlacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an iargúil na hiargúlacha Genitive na hiargúlach na n-iargúlacha Dative leis an iargúil don iargúil leis na hiargúlacha

Derived terms

• iargúlta
• iargúltacht

Adjective

iargúil (genitive singular feminine iargúla, plural iargúla, comparative iargúla)

1. Alternative form of iargúlta

Declension

Declension of iargúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	iargúil	iargúil	iargúla
Vocative	iargúil		iargúla
Genitive		iargúla	iargúla	iargúil
Dative	iargúil	iargúil	iargúla
Comparative	níos iargúla
Superlative	is iargúla

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iargúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íarcúl”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 74