meisciúil
Irish
Adjective
meisciúil (genitive singular masculine meisciúil, genitive singular feminine meisciúla, plural meisciúla, comparative meisciúla)
- intoxicating
- drunken, addicted to drinking
Declension
Declension of meisciúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | meisciúil | mheisciúil | meisciúla; mheisciúla² | |
Vocative | mheisciúil | meisciúla | ||
Genitive | meisciúla | meisciúla | meisciúil | |
Dative | meisciúil; mheisciúil¹ |
mheisciúil | meisciúla; mheisciúla² | |
Comparative | níos meisciúla | |||
Superlative | is meisciúla |
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
- deoch mheisciúil f (“alcohol, alcoholic drink”)
- neamh-mheisciúil (“non-intoxicating; sober”, adjective)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
meisciúil | mheisciúil | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "meisciúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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