mífholláin

Irish

Etymology

mí- +‎ folláin.

Adjective

mífholláin (genitive singular masculine mífholláin, genitive singular feminine mífholláine, plural mífholláine, comparative mífholláine)

1. unhealthy; unwholesome

   Synonym: míshláintiúil

Declension

Declension of mífholláin

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	mífholláin	mhífholláin	mífholláin; mhífholláin²
Vocative	mhífholláin		mífholláin
Genitive		mífholláin	mífholláin	mífholláin
Dative	mífholláin; mhífholláin¹	mhífholláin	mífholláin; mhífholláin²
Comparative	níos mífholláin
Superlative	is mífholláin

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

• mífholláine f (“unhealthiness; unwholesomeness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mífholláin	mhífholláin	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) “mífholláin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mífholláin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mífholláin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024