scanrúil
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- scannramhail, scannrúil, scanramhail, sgannramhail, sgannramhuil, sgannrúil, sganramhail, sganramhuil (obsolete)
- scanraitheach
Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]scanrúil (genitive singular feminine scanrúla, plural scanrúla, comparative scanrúla)
- frightful (full of that which causes fright), frightening, scary, fearsome, fearful, formidable, grisly, terrifying
- Synonym: scéiniúil
- startling
- easily frightened, fearful
- Synonym: faiteach
- greedy [+ chun (object) = for]
Declension
[edit]Declension of scanrúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | scanrúil | scanrúil | scanrúla; scanrúla² | |
| Vocative | scanrúil | scanrúla | ||
| Genitive | scanrúla | scanrúla | scanrúil | |
| Dative | scanrúil; scanrúil¹ |
scanrúil | scanrúla; scanrúla² | |
| Comparative | níos scanrúla | |||
| Superlative | is scanrúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Further reading
[edit]- “scanrúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “scanrúil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scanrúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN