míghnaíúil

Irish

Etymology

From mí- (negative prefix) +‎ gnaíúil (“beautiful, comely; decent, generous”).

Adjective

míghnaíúil (genitive singular masculine míghnaíúil, genitive singular feminine míghnaíúla, plural míghnaíúla, comparative míghnaíúla)

1. ill-favored, uncomely, unprepossessing
2. ungenerous, mean
3. ugly, unattractive, plain

Declension

Declension of míghnaíúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	míghnaíúil	mhíghnaíúil	míghnaíúla; mhíghnaíúla²
Vocative	mhíghnaíúil		míghnaíúla
Genitive		míghnaíúla	míghnaíúla	míghnaíúil
Dative	míghnaíúil; mhíghnaíúil¹	mhíghnaíúil	míghnaíúla; mhíghnaíúla²
Comparative	níos míghnaíúla
Superlative	is míghnaíúla

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
míghnaíúil	mhíghnaíúil	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) “míghnaíúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN