Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English potential, with the ending modified to contain the native adjectival suffix -úil.

Adjective

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poitéinsiúil (genitive singular masculine poitéinsiúil, genitive singular feminine poitéinsiúla, plural poitéinsiúla, not comparable)

  1. potential (latent, prospective)
  2. (physics) potential

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
poitéinsiúil phoitéinsiúil bpoitéinsiúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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