amplúil

Irish

Etymology

From ampla (“hunger, famine; greed, voracity”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

amplúil (genitive singular masculine amplúil, genitive singular feminine amplúla, plural amplúla, comparative amplúla)

1. Synonym of amplach (“hungry; greedy, covetous”)

Declension

Declension of amplúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	amplúil	amplúil	amplúla
Vocative	amplúil		amplúla
Genitive		amplúla	amplúla	amplúil
Dative	amplúil	amplúil	amplúla
Comparative	níos amplúla
Superlative	is amplúla

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amplúil	n-amplúil	hamplúil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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