fearúil

See also: féarúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• fearamhail (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish feramail. By surface analysis, fear (“man”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲaˈɾˠuːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠuːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠulʲ/

Adjective

fearúil (genitive singular masculine fearúil, genitive singular feminine fearúla, plural fearúla, comparative fearúla)

1. manly, masculine
2. virile
3. brave

Declension

Declension of fearúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fearúil	fhearúil	fearúla; fhearúla²
Vocative	fhearúil		fearúla
Genitive		fearúla	fearúla	fearúil
Dative	fearúil; fhearúil¹	fhearúil	fearúla; fhearúla²
Comparative	níos fearúla
Superlative	is fearúla

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

Synonyms

• cróga
• fearga
• fireann

Antonyms

• mífhearúil (“unmanly”, adjective)

Related terms

• fearúlacht f (“manliness, manly spirit”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fearúil	fhearúil	bhfearúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fearúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN