costasúil
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From costas (“cost, expense”) + -úil.
Adjective
[edit]costasúil (genitive singular masculine costasúil, genitive singular feminine costasúla, plural costasúla, comparative costasúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of costasúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | costasúil | chostasúil | costasúla; chostasúla² | |
Vocative | chostasúil | costasúla | ||
Genitive | costasúla | costasúla | costasúil | |
Dative | costasúil; chostasúil¹ |
chostasúil | costasúla; chostasúla² | |
Comparative | níos costasúla | |||
Superlative | is costasúla |
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
[edit]- costasúlacht (“costliness; sumptuousness”)
Related terms
[edit]- costasacht (“costliness; sumptuousness”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
costasúil | chostasúil | gcostasúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “costasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “costasúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm