banúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• banamhail (obsolete)
• mnáúil

Etymology

From Middle Irish banamail, from Old Irish ben (“woman”). By surface analysis, ban- +‎ -úil.

Adjective

banúil (genitive singular masculine banúil, genitive singular feminine banúla, plural banúla, comparative banúla)

1. womanly, ladylike
2. modest

Declension

Declension of banúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	banúil	bhanúil	banúla; bhanúla2
vocative	bhanúil		banúla
genitive		banúla	banúla	banúil
dative	banúil; bhanúil1	bhanúil; bhanúil (archaic)	banúla; bhanúla2
Comparative	níos banúla
Superlative	is banúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• míbhanúil

Mutation

Mutated forms of banúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
banúil	bhanúil	mbanúil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “banúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “banamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “banúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “banúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024