mí-aithriúil

Irish

Etymology

From mí- (“un-, in-”) +‎ aithriúil (“fatherly”).

Adjective

mí-aithriúil (genitive singular feminine mí-aithriúla, plural mí-aithriúla, comparative mí-aithriúla)

1. unfatherly

Declension

Declension of mí-aithriúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	mí-aithriúil	mhí-aithriúil	mí-aithriúla; mhí-aithriúla²
Vocative	mhí-aithriúil		mí-aithriúla
Genitive		mí-aithriúla	mí-aithriúla	mí-aithriúil
Dative	mí-aithriúil; mhí-aithriúil¹	mhí-aithriúil	mí-aithriúla; mhí-aithriúla²
Comparative	níos mí-aithriúla
Superlative	is mí-aithriúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mí-aithriúil	mhí-aithriúil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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