goiliúil
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From goile (“appetite”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]goiliúil (genitive singular masculine goiliúil, genitive singular feminine goiliúla, plural goiliúla, comparative goiliúla)
- having an appetite
- appetizing
Declension
[edit]Declension of goiliúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | goiliúil | ghoiliúil | goiliúla; ghoiliúla² | |
| Vocative | ghoiliúil | goiliúla | ||
| Genitive | goiliúla | goiliúla | goiliúil | |
| Dative | goiliúil; ghoiliúil¹ |
ghoiliúil | goiliúla; ghoiliúla² | |
| Comparative | níos goiliúla | |||
| Superlative | is goiliúla | |||
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 |
| goiliúil | ghoiliúil | ngoiliúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goiliúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN