iargúil
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- iargcúil (superseded spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish íarcúl. By surface analysis, iar- + cúl.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]iargúil f (genitive singular iargúlach, nominative plural iargúlacha)
- remote corner; backwoods
- iargúil na hAstráile ― the outback of Australia
- ar an iargúil ― in the middle of nowhere, at the back of beyond
Declension
[edit]Declension of iargúil
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]iargúil (genitive singular feminine iargúla, plural iargúla, comparative iargúla)
- Alternative form of iargúlta
Declension
[edit]Declension of iargúil
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
iargúil | n-iargúil | hiargúil | not applicable |
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) “iargúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íarcúl”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 74