duiniúil
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish duinemail (“humane, liberal”); synchronically, duine (“human being, person”) + -úil (adjectival suffix). Compare Scottish Gaelic duineil (“manly, firm, manful, virile”, adjective).
Adjective
duiniúil (genitive singular masculine duiniúil, genitive singular feminine duiniúla, plural duiniúla, comparative duiniúla)
Declension
Declension of duiniúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | duiniúil | dhuiniúil | duiniúla; dhuiniúla² | |
Vocative | dhuiniúil | duiniúla | ||
Genitive | duiniúla | duiniúla | duiniúil | |
Dative | duiniúil; dhuiniúil¹ |
dhuiniúil | duiniúla; dhuiniúla² | |
Comparative | níos duiniúla | |||
Superlative | is duiniúla |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
duiniúil | dhuiniúil | nduiniúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "duiniúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “duinemail” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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