maidiniúil
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From maidin (“morning”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
maidiniúil (genitive singular masculine maidiniúil, genitive singular feminine maidiniúla, plural maidiniúla, not comparable)
- matutinal (of, occurring in, or relating to the early morning)
Declension edit
Declension of maidiniúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | maidiniúil | mhaidiniúil | maidiniúla; mhaidiniúla² | |
Vocative | mhaidiniúil | maidiniúla | ||
Genitive | maidiniúla | maidiniúla | maidiniúil | |
Dative | maidiniúil; mhaidiniúil¹ |
mhaidiniúil | maidiniúla; mhaidiniúla² | |
Comparative | níos maidiniúla | |||
Superlative | is maidiniúla |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
maidiniúil | mhaidiniúil | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “maidiniúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN