mífhearúil

Irish

Etymology

From mí- (negative prefix) +‎ fearúil (“manly, masculine”).

Adjective

mífhearúil (genitive singular masculine mífhearúil, genitive singular feminine mífhearúla, plural mífhearúla, comparative mífhearúla)

1. unmanly

Declension

Declension of mífhearúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	mífhearúil	mhífhearúil	mífhearúla; mhífhearúla²
Vocative	mhífhearúil		mífhearúla
Genitive		mífhearúla	mífhearúla	mífhearúil
Dative	mífhearúil; mhífhearúil¹	mhífhearúil	mífhearúla; mhífhearúla²
Comparative	níos mífhearúla
Superlative	is mífhearúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Antonyms

• fearúil

Derived terms

• mífhearúlacht f (“unmanliness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mífhearúil	mhífhearúil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mífhearúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN