míghnaíúil

Irish

Etymology

From mí- (negative prefix) +‎ gnaíúil (“beautiful, comely; decent, generous”).

Adjective

míghnaíúil (genitive singular masculine míghnaíúil, genitive singular feminine míghnaíúla, plural míghnaíúla, comparative míghnaíúla)

Declension

Declension of míghnaíúil

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	míghnaíúil	mhíghnaíúil	míghnaíúla; mhíghnaíúla²
Vocative	mhíghnaíúil	mhíghnaíúil	míghnaíúla
Genitive	mhíghnaíúil	míghnaíúla	míghnaíúla	míghnaíúil
Dative	míghnaíúil; mhíghnaíúil¹	mhíghnaíúil	míghnaíúla; mhíghnaíúla²
Comparative	níos míghnaíúla
Superlative	is míghnaíúla

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
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
míghnaíúil	mhíghnaíúil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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