fearúil
See also: féarúil
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish feramail, from fer (“man”) + -amail (equivalent to fear (“man”) + -úil (adjectival suffix)).
Adjective
fearúil (genitive singular masculine fearúil, genitive singular feminine fearúla, plural fearúla, comparative fearúla)
Declension
Declension of fearúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fearúil | fhearúil | fearúla; fhearúla² | |
Vocative | fhearúil | fearúla | ||
Genitive | fearúla | fearúla | fearúil | |
Dative | fearúil; fhearúil¹ |
fhearúil | fearúla; fhearúla² | |
Comparative | níos fearúla | |||
Superlative | is fearúla |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- mífhearúil (“unmanly”, adjective)
Related terms
- fearúlacht f (“manliness, manly spirit”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fearúil | fhearúil | bhfearúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fearúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “feramail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language