impiriúil

Irish

Etymology

From impire (“emperor”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

impiriúil (genitive singular masculine impiriúil, genitive singular feminine impiriúla, plural impiriúla, comparative impiriúla)

1. imperial

Declension

Declension of impiriúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	impiriúil	impiriúil	impiriúla
Vocative	impiriúil		impiriúla
Genitive		impiriúla	impiriúla	impiriúil
Dative	impiriúil	impiriúil	impiriúla
Comparative	níos impiriúla
Superlative	is impiriúla

Derived terms

• féasóg impiriúil f (“imperial beard”)
• impiriúlachas m (“imperialism”)
• impiriúlaí m (“imperialist”)

 

Related terms

• impireacht f (“empire”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
impiriúil	n-impiriúil	himpiriúil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “impiriúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “impiriúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “impiriúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024