carbónúil
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From carbón (“carbon”) + -úil.
Adjective
[edit]carbónúil (genitive singular masculine carbónúil, genitive singular feminine carbónúla, plural carbónúla, comparative carbónúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of carbónúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | carbónúil | charbónúil | carbónúla; charbónúla² | |
| Vocative | charbónúil | carbónúla | ||
| Genitive | carbónúla | carbónúla | carbónúil | |
| Dative | carbónúil; charbónúil¹ |
charbónúil | carbónúla; charbónúla² | |
| Comparative | níos carbónúla | |||
| Superlative | is carbónúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| carbónúil | charbónúil | gcarbónúil |
| 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) “carbónúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “carbónúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “carbónúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024