mianúil
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish míanamail (“desirous”), from mían (“desire, inclination; object of desire”). By surface analysis, mian (“desire, wish”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
mianúil (genitive singular masculine mianúil, genitive singular feminine mianúla, plural mianúla, comparative mianúla)
Declension edit
Declension of mianúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mianúil | mhianúil | mianúla; mhianúla² | |
| Vocative | mhianúil | mianúla | ||
| Genitive | mianúla | mianúla | mianúil | |
| Dative | mianúil; mhianúil¹ |
mhianúil | mianúla; mhianúla² | |
| Comparative | níos mianúla | |||
| Superlative | is mianúla | |||
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 |
| mianúil | mhianúil | 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) “mianúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “míanamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “mianúil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “mianúil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.