péistiúil
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
péistiúil (genitive singular feminine péistiúla, plural péistiúla, comparative péistiúla)
Declension edit
Declension of péistiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | péistiúil | phéistiúil | péistiúla; phéistiúla² | |
| Vocative | phéistiúil | péistiúla | ||
| Genitive | péistiúla | péistiúla | péistiúil | |
| Dative | péistiúil; phéistiúil¹ |
phéistiúil | péistiúla; phéistiúla² | |
| Comparative | níos péistiúla | |||
| Superlative | is péistiúla | |||
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 |
| péistiúil | phéistiúil | bpéistiúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “péisteaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 541
- ^ “péistiúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “píastamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “péistiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN