mífhearúil

Irish

Etymology

From mí- (negative prefix) +‎ fearúil (“manly, masculine”).

Adjective

mífhearúil (genitive singular masculine mífhearúil, genitive singular feminine mífhearúla, plural mífhearúla, comparative mífhearúla)

unmanly

Declension

Declension of mífhearúil

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	mífhearúil	mhífhearúil	mífhearúla; mhífhearúla²
Vocative	mhífhearúil	mhífhearúil	mífhearúla
Genitive	mhífhearúil	mífhearúla	mífhearúla	mífhearúil
Dative	mífhearúil; mhífhearúil¹	mhífhearúil	mífhearúla; mhífhearúla²
Comparative	níos mífhearúla
Superlative	is mífhearúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Antonyms

fearúil

Derived terms

mífhearúlacht f (“unmanliness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mífhearúil	mhífhearúil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"mífhearúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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