maisiúil

Irish

Etymology

From maise (“adornment, beauty; becomingness, comeliness”) +‎ -úil.

Adjective

maisiúil (genitive singular feminine maisiúla, plural maisiúla, comparative maisiúla)

1. decorative, beautiful
2. elegant
3. becoming, comely

Declension

Declension of maisiúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	maisiúil	mhaisiúil	maisiúla; mhaisiúla²
Vocative	mhaisiúil		maisiúla
Genitive		maisiúla	maisiúla	maisiúil
Dative	maisiúil; mhaisiúil¹	mhaisiúil	maisiúla; mhaisiúla²
Comparative	níos maisiúla
Superlative	is maisiúla

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

Synonyms

• maiseach

Derived terms

• maisiúlacht f (“decorativeness, beauty; becomingness, comeliness”)

Mutation

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