bodúil
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
bod (“penis; churl, boor”) + -úil (adjectival suffix)
Adjective[edit]
bodúil (genitive singular masculine bhodúil, genitive singular feminine bodúla, plural bodúla, comparative bodúla)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bodúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bodúil | bhodúil | bodúla; bhodúla² | |
| Vocative | bhodúil | bodúla | ||
| Genitive | bodúla | bodúla | bodúil | |
| Dative | bodúil; bhodúil¹ |
bhodúil | bodúla; bhodúla² | |
| Comparative | níos bodúla | |||
| Superlative | is bodúla | |||
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]
- bodúlacht (“churlishness”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bodúil | bhodúil | mbodúil |
| 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) “bodúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN