-úil
See also: uil
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish -amail (compare Manx -oil, Scottish Gaelic -ail, -eil), from Old Irish -amail.
Suffix
[edit]-úil
- Used to form many adjective forms from nouns in Irish, the adjectives having the sense of "like or characteristic of what is denoted by the noun". Similar to English -ly.
Usage notes
[edit]- All adjectives in -úil are second declension.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | -úil | -úil | -úla | |
| vocative | -úil | -úla | ||
| genitive | -úla | -úla | -úil | |
| dative | -úil | -úil | -úla | |
| Comparative | níos -úla | |||
| Superlative | is -úla | |||