giollúil
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From giolla (“youth; page, boy; gillie, attendant; manservant”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]giollúil (genitive singular masculine giollúil, genitive singular feminine giollúla, plural giollúla, comparative giollúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of giolliúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | giolliúil | ghiolliúil | giolliúla; ghiolliúla² | |
Vocative | ghiolliúil | giolliúla | ||
Genitive | giolliúla | giolliúla | giolliúil | |
Dative | giolliúil; ghiolliúil¹ |
ghiolliúil | giolliúla; ghiolliúla² | |
Comparative | níos giolliúla | |||
Superlative | is giolliúla |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
giollúil | ghiollúil | ngiollúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giollúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN