anaoibhiúil

Irish

Etymology

From anaoibh (“gloomy expression, ill humour, despondency”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix) or an- (negative prefix) +‎ aoibhiúil (“pleasant, smiling”).

Adjective

anaoibhiúil (genitive singular masculine anaoibhiúil, genitive singular feminine anaoibhiúla, plural anaoibhiúla, comparative anaoibhiúla)

1. unsmiling, gloomy, glum, despondent

Declension

Declension of anaoibhiúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	anaoibhiúil	anaoibhiúil	anaoibhiúla
vocative	anaoibhiúil		anaoibhiúla
genitive		anaoibhiúla	anaoibhiúla	anaoibhiúil
dative	anaoibhiúil	anaoibhiúil	anaoibhiúla
Comparative	níos anaoibhiúla
Superlative	is anaoibhiúla

Mutation

Mutated forms of anaoibhiúil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anaoibhiúil	n-anaoibhiúil	hanaoibhiúil	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) “anaoibhiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN