míphoncúil
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mí- (negative prefix) + poncúil (“punctual”).
Adjective
[edit]míphoncúil (genitive singular masculine míphoncúil, genitive singular feminine míphoncúla, plural míphoncúla, comparative míphoncúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of míphoncúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | míphoncúil | mhíphoncúil | míphoncúla; mhíphoncúla² | |
| Vocative | mhíphoncúil | míphoncúla | ||
| Genitive | míphoncúla | míphoncúla | míphoncúil | |
| Dative | míphoncúil; mhíphoncúil¹ |
mhíphoncúil | míphoncúla; mhíphoncúla² | |
| Comparative | níos míphoncúla | |||
| Superlative | is míphoncúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- míphoncúlacht f (“unpunctuality”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| míphoncúil | mhíphoncúil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míphoncúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN