meonúil
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From meon (“mind, disposition; character, temperament”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
meonúil (genitive singular masculine meonúil, genitive singular feminine meonúla, plural meonúla, comparative meonúla)
- whimsical, fanciful, capricious
- particular, fastidious
- Alternative form of méiniúil (“well-disposed, kind, friendly; fruitful, fertile”)
Declension edit
Declension of meonúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | meonúil | mheonúil | meonúla; mheonúla² | |
| Vocative | mheonúil | meonúla | ||
| Genitive | meonúla | meonúla | meonúil | |
| Dative | meonúil; mheonúil¹ |
mheonúil | meonúla; mheonúla² | |
| Comparative | níos meonúla | |||
| Superlative | is meonúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meonúil | mheonúil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 13
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meonúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN