bisiúil
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]bisiúil (genitive singular masculine bisiúil, genitive singular feminine bisiúla, plural bisiúla, comparative bisiúla)
- productive
- fecund, prolific
- Synonym: torthúil
Declension
[edit]Declension of bisiúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | bisiúil | bhisiúil | bisiúla; bhisiúla² | |
Vocative | bhisiúil | bisiúla | ||
Genitive | bisiúla | bisiúla | bisiúil | |
Dative | bisiúil; bhisiúil¹ |
bhisiúil | bisiúla; bhisiúla² | |
Comparative | níos bisiúla | |||
Superlative | is bisiúla |
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
[edit]- bisiúlacht f (“productivity; fecundity, prolificacy”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bisiúil | bhisiúil | mbisiúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bisiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bisiúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bisiúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024