mífholláin
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mífholláin (genitive singular masculine mífholláin, genitive singular feminine mífholláine, plural mífholláine, comparative mífholláine)
- unhealthy; unwholesome
- Synonym: míshláintiúil
Declension
[edit]Declension of mífholláin
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mífholláin | mhífholláin | mífholláin; mhífholláin² | |
| Vocative | mhífholláin | mífholláin | ||
| Genitive | mífholláin | mífholláin | mífholláin | |
| Dative | mífholláin; mhífholláin¹ |
mhífholláin | mífholláin; mhífholláin² | |
| Comparative | níos mífholláin | |||
| Superlative | is mífholláin | |||
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]- mífholláine f (“unhealthiness; unwholesomeness”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mífholláin | mhífholláin | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mífholláin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mífholláin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mífholláin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024