bunreachtúil

Irish

Etymology

From bunreacht (“constitution”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

bunreachtúil (genitive singular masculine bunreachtúil, genitive singular feminine bunreachtúla, plural bunreachtúla, comparative bunreachtúla)

1. (administration, politics) constitutional

   Antonym: míbhunreachtúil

Declension

Declension of bunreachtúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bunreachtúil	bhunreachtúil	bunreachtúla; bhunreachtúla²
Vocative	bhunreachtúil		bunreachtúla
Genitive		bunreachtúla	bunreachtúla	bunreachtúil
Dative	bunreachtúil; bhunreachtúil¹	bhunreachtúil	bunreachtúla; bhunreachtúla²
Comparative	níos bunreachtúla
Superlative	is bunreachtúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• bunreachtúlacht (“constitutionality”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bunreachtúil	bhunreachtúil	mbunreachtúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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