mianúil
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish míanamail (“desirous”), from mían (“desire, inclination; object of desire”); synchronically, mian (“desire, wish”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
mianúil (genitive singular masculine mianúil, genitive singular feminine mianúla, plural mianúla, comparative mianúla)
Declension
Declension of mianúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mianúil | mhianúil | mianúla; mhianúla² | |
| Vocative | mhianúil | mianúla | ||
| Genitive | mianúla | mianúla | mianúil | |
| Dative | mianúil; mhianúil¹ |
mhianúil | mianúla; mhianúla² | |
| Comparative | níos mianúla | |||
| Superlative | is mianúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mianúil | mhianúil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mianúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “míanamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mianúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mianúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024