aintiarnúil
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From aintiarna (“despotic lord; tyrant”) + -úil (adjectival suffix) (compare tiarnúil (“lordly, masterful; overbearing, domineering; cheeky”)).
Adjective
[edit]aintiarnúil (genitive singular masculine aintiarnúil, genitive singular feminine aintiarnúla, plural aintiarnúla, comparative aintiarnúla)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | aintiarnúil | aintiarnúil | aintiarnúla | |
vocative | aintiarnúil | aintiarnúla | ||
genitive | aintiarnúla | aintiarnúla | aintiarnúil | |
dative | aintiarnúil | aintiarnúil | aintiarnúla | |
Comparative | níos aintiarnúla | |||
Superlative | is aintiarnúla |
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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aintiarnúil | n-aintiarnúil | haintiarnúil | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aintiarnúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN