prionsúil
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From prionsa (“prince”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]prionsúil (genitive singular masculine prionsúil, genitive singular feminine prionsúla, plural prionsúla, comparative prionsúla)
- princely (relating to a prince)
Declension
[edit]Declension of prionsúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | prionsúil | phrionsúil | prionsúla; phrionsúla² | |
| Vocative | phrionsúil | prionsúla | ||
| Genitive | prionsúla | prionsúla | prionsúil | |
| Dative | prionsúil; phrionsúil¹ |
phrionsúil | prionsúla; phrionsúla² | |
| Comparative | níos prionsúla | |||
| Superlative | is prionsúla | |||
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
[edit]- prionsúlacht f (“princeliness”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| prionsúil | phrionsúil | bprionsúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “prionsúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN