mí-aithriúil
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mí- (“un-, in-”) + aithriúil (“fatherly”).
Adjective
[edit]mí-aithriúil (genitive singular feminine mí-aithriúla, plural mí-aithriúla, comparative mí-aithriúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mí-aithriúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mí-aithriúil | mhí-aithriúil | mí-aithriúla; mhí-aithriúla² | |
| Vocative | mhí-aithriúil | mí-aithriúla | ||
| Genitive | mí-aithriúla | mí-aithriúla | mí-aithriúil | |
| Dative | mí-aithriúil; mhí-aithriúil¹ |
mhí-aithriúil | mí-aithriúla; mhí-aithriúla² | |
| Comparative | níos mí-aithriúla | |||
| Superlative | is mí-aithriúla | |||
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 |
| mí-aithriúil | mhí-aithriúil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mí-aithriúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN