duilliúil
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From duille (“leaves, foliage”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]duilliúil (genitive singular masculine duilliúil, genitive singular feminine duilliúla, plural duilliúla, comparative duilliúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of duilliúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | duilliúil | dhuilliúil | duilliúla; dhuilliúla² | |
| Vocative | dhuilliúil | duilliúla | ||
| Genitive | duilliúla | duilliúla | duilliúil | |
| Dative | duilliúil; dhuilliúil¹ |
dhuilliúil | duilliúla; dhuilliúla² | |
| Comparative | níos duilliúla | |||
| Superlative | is duilliúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| duilliúil | dhuilliúil | nduilliúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duilliúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN