prionsúil

Irish

Etymology

From prionsa (“prince”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

prionsúil (genitive singular masculine prionsúil, genitive singular feminine prionsúla, plural prionsúla, comparative prionsúla)

1. princely (relating to a prince)

Declension

Declension of prionsúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	prionsúil	phrionsúil	prionsúla; phrionsúla²
Vocative	phrionsúil		prionsúla
Genitive		prionsúla	prionsúla	prionsúil
Dative	prionsúil; phrionsúil¹	phrionsúil	prionsúla; phrionsúla²
Comparative	níos prionsúla
Superlative	is prionsúla

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

Derived terms

• prionsúlacht f (“princeliness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
prionsúil	phrionsúil	bprionsúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “prionsúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN