ápúil

Irish

Etymology

From ápa (“ape”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ápúil (genitive singular masculine ápúil, genitive singular feminine ápúla, plural ápúla, comparative ápúla)

1. apish

Declension

Declension of ápúil

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

Derived terms

• ápúlacht f (“apishness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ápúil	n-ápúil	hápúil	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) “ápúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “ápúil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.