aintiarnúil

Irish

Etymology

From aintiarna (“despotic lord; tyrant”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix) (compare tiarnúil (“lordly, masterful; overbearing, domineering; cheeky”)).

Adjective

aintiarnúil (genitive singular masculine aintiarnúil, genitive singular feminine aintiarnúla, plural aintiarnúla, comparative aintiarnúla)

1. tyrannical

Declension

Declension of aintiarnúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
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

Mutated forms of aintiarnúil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
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

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