éagsúil

Irish

Alternative forms

éagsamhail (superseded)^[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish écsamail, from é- (“un-”) + cosmail (“similar”).^[2] Same construction as éagosúil, which was re-formed later from the same elements.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /iːa̯ɡsˠuːlʲ/, [iːa̯ɡ̊sˠuːi̯lʲ]^[3]

Adjective

éagsúil (genitive singular masculine éagsúil, genitive singular feminine éagsúla, plural éagsúla, comparative éagsúla)

unlike, dissimilar
Synonym: difriúil
different, various, diverse
Synonym: difriúil
showy

Declension

Declension of *éagsúil*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	éagsúil	éagsúil	éagsúla
vocative	éagsúil	éagsúil	éagsúla
genitive	éagsúil	éagsúla	éagsúla	éagsúil
dative	éagsúil	éagsúil	éagsúla
Comparative	níos éagsúla
Superlative	is éagsúla

Derived terms

bithéagsúil (“biodiverse”, adjective)
éagsúlach (“strange, uncommon”, adjective)
éagsúlacht f (“unlikeness, dissimilarity”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *éagsúil*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éagsúil	n-éagsúil	héagsúil	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ “éagsúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “écsamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 237, page 120