amplúil
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ampla (“hunger, famine; greed, voracity”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]amplúil (genitive singular masculine amplúil, genitive singular feminine amplúla, plural amplúla, comparative amplúla)
- Synonym of amplach (“hungry; greedy, covetous”)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | amplúil | amplúil | amplúla | |
| vocative | amplúil | amplúla | ||
| genitive | amplúla | amplúla | amplúil | |
| dative | amplúil | amplúil | amplúla | |
| Comparative | níos amplúla | |||
| Superlative | is amplúla | |||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| amplúil | n-amplúil | hamplúil | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amplúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN