fearúil

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Irish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish feramail.[1] By surface analysis, fear (man) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

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Adjective[edit]

fearúil (genitive singular masculine fearúil, genitive singular feminine fearúla, plural fearúla, comparative fearúla)

  1. manly, masculine
  2. virile
  3. brave

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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
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[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “feramail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 34

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