mífhearúil
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mí- (negative prefix) + fearúil (“manly, masculine”).
Adjective
[edit]mífhearúil (genitive singular masculine mífhearúil, genitive singular feminine mífhearúla, plural mífhearúla, comparative mífhearúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mífhearúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mífhearúil | mhífhearúil | mífhearúla; mhífhearúla² | |
| Vocative | mhífhearúil | mífhearúla | ||
| Genitive | mífhearúla | mífhearúla | mífhearúil | |
| Dative | mífhearúil; mhífhearúil¹ |
mhífhearúil | mífhearúla; mhífhearúla² | |
| Comparative | níos mífhearúla | |||
| Superlative | is mífhearúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- mífhearúlacht f (“unmanliness”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mífhearúil | mhífhearúil | 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) “mífhearúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN