múisciúil
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- múisceamhail (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From múisc (“vomit; nausea, loathing”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
múisciúil (genitive singular masculine múisciúil, genitive singular feminine múisciúla, plural múisciúla, comparative múisciúla)
- nauseating
- (of air, weather) dank, oppressive
Declension edit
Declension of múisciúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | múisciúil | mhúisciúil | múisciúla; mhúisciúla² | |
| Vocative | mhúisciúil | múisciúla | ||
| Genitive | múisciúla | múisciúla | múisciúil | |
| Dative | múisciúil; mhúisciúil¹ |
mhúisciúil | múisciúla; mhúisciúla² | |
| Comparative | níos múisciúla | |||
| Superlative | is múisciúla | |||
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 edit
- múisciúlacht (“dankness”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| múisciúil | mhúisciúil | 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) “múisciúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “nauseating”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “nauseous”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024