sneachtúil
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sneachta (“snow”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃnʲaxˈt̪ˠuːlʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʃnʲaxt̪ˠuːlʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃnʲaxt̪ˠulʲ/
Adjective[edit]
sneachtúil (genitive singular masculine sneachtúil, genitive singular feminine sneachtúla, plural sneachtúla, comparative sneachtúla)
- snowy
- Synonyms: sneachtach, sneachtaí
Declension[edit]
Declension of sneachtúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sneachtúil | shneachtúil | sneachtúla; shneachtúla² | |
| Vocative | shneachtúil | sneachtúla | ||
| Genitive | sneachtúla | sneachtúla | sneachtúil | |
| Dative | sneachtúil; shneachtúil¹ |
shneachtúil | sneachtúla; shneachtúla² | |
| Comparative | níos sneachtúla | |||
| Superlative | is sneachtúla | |||
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]
- ulchabhán sneachtúil (“snowy owl”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sneachtúil | shneachtúil after an, tsneachtúil |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sneachtúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snechtamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “sneachtúil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “sneachtúil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.