feidhmiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• feidhmeamhail, féimeamhail, féimeamhuil (obsolete)

Etymology

From feidhm +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲəiˈmʲuːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲəimʲuːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲəimʲuːlʲ/, [ˈfʲɛːmʲulʲ]

Adjective

feidhmiúil (genitive singular feminine feidhmiúla, plural feidhmiúla, comparative feidhmiúla)

1. forceful

   Synonyms: láidir, éifeachtach

2. serviceable
3. functional (useful, serving a purpose), useful

   Synonym: praiticiúil

4. (medicine) functional (such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure)
5. efficient

   Synonyms: éifeachtach, éifeachtúil

Declension

Declension of feidhmiúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	feidhmiúil	fheidhmiúil	feidhmiúla; fheidhmiúla²
Vocative	fheidhmiúil		feidhmiúla
Genitive		feidhmiúla	feidhmiúla	feidhmiúil
Dative	feidhmiúil; fheidhmiúil¹	fheidhmiúil	feidhmiúla; fheidhmiúla²
Comparative	níos feidhmiúla
Superlative	is feidhmiúla

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

• feidhmiúlacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feidhmiúil	fheidhmiúil	bhfeidhmiúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “feidhmiúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “feiḋmeaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feidhmiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN