meisciúil
Irish
Etymology
From meisce (“drunkenness”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
meisciúil (genitive singular masculine meisciúil, genitive singular feminine meisciúla, plural meisciúla, comparative meisciúla)
- intoxicating
- drunken, addicted to drinking
Declension
Declension of meisciúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | meisciúil | mheisciúil | meisciúla; mheisciúla² | |
| Vocative | mheisciúil | meisciúla | ||
| Genitive | meisciúla | meisciúla | meisciúil | |
| Dative | meisciúil; mheisciúil¹ |
mheisciúil | meisciúla; mheisciúla² | |
| Comparative | níos meisciúla | |||
| Superlative | is meisciúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- deoch mheisciúil f (“alcohol, alcoholic drink”)
- neamh-mheisciúil (“non-intoxicating; sober”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meisciúil | mheisciúil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meisciúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN