maisiúil
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From maise (“adornment, beauty; becomingness, comeliness”) + -úil.
Adjective
[edit]maisiúil (genitive singular feminine maisiúla, plural maisiúla, comparative maisiúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of maisiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | maisiúil | mhaisiúil | maisiúla; mhaisiúla² | |
| Vocative | mhaisiúil | maisiúla | ||
| Genitive | maisiúla | maisiúla | maisiúil | |
| Dative | maisiúil; mhaisiúil¹ |
mhaisiúil | maisiúla; mhaisiúla² | |
| Comparative | níos maisiúla | |||
| Superlative | is maisiúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- maisiúlacht f (“decorativeness, beauty; becomingness, comeliness”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| maisiúil | mhaisiúil | 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) “maisiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN