bunreachtúil
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bunreacht (“constitution”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]bunreachtúil (genitive singular masculine bunreachtúil, genitive singular feminine bunreachtúla, plural bunreachtúla, comparative bunreachtúla)
- (administration, politics) constitutional
- Antonym: míbhunreachtúil
Declension
[edit]Declension of bunreachtúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bunreachtúil | bhunreachtúil | bunreachtúla; bhunreachtúla² | |
| Vocative | bhunreachtúil | bunreachtúla | ||
| Genitive | bunreachtúla | bunreachtúla | bunreachtúil | |
| Dative | bunreachtúil; bhunreachtúil¹ |
bhunreachtúil | bunreachtúla; bhunreachtúla² | |
| Comparative | níos bunreachtúla | |||
| Superlative | is bunreachtúla | |||
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]- bunreachtúlacht (“constitutionality”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bunreachtúil | bhunreachtúil | mbunreachtúil |
| 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) “bunreachtúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bunreachtúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bunreachtúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024