ordúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• órdamhail (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish ordamail; synchronically ord (“order”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ordúil (genitive singular masculine ordúil, genitive singular feminine ordúla, plural ordúla, comparative ordúla)

1. orderly, neat; ordered

   Synonym: ordaithe

   Antonyms: mí-ordúil, neamhordúil

Declension

Declension of ordúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ordúil	ordúil	ordúla
Vocative	ordúil		ordúla
Genitive		ordúla	ordúla	ordúil
Dative	ordúil	ordúil	ordúla
Comparative	níos ordúla
Superlative	is ordúla

Derived terms

• ordúlacht f (“orderliness, neatness, tidiness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ordúil	n-ordúil	hordúil	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) “ordúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN