conúil
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See also: cónúil
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish conamail (“houndlike”). By surface analysis, cú, con (“hound”) + -úil.
Adjective
[edit]conúil (genitive singular feminine conúla, plural conúla, comparative conúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of conúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | conúil | chonúil | conúla; chonúla² | |
| Vocative | chonúil | conúla | ||
| Genitive | conúla | conúla | conúil | |
| Dative | conúil; chonúil¹ |
chonúil | conúla; chonúla² | |
| Comparative | níos conúla | |||
| Superlative | is conúla | |||
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 |
| conúil | chonúil | gconúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||