bisiúil

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

bisiúil (genitive singular masculine bisiúil, genitive singular feminine bisiúla, plural bisiúla, comparative bisiúla)

1. productive
2. fecund, prolific

   Synonym: torthúil

Declension

Declension of bisiúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bisiúil	bhisiúil	bisiúla; bhisiúla2
vocative	bhisiúil		bisiúla
genitive		bisiúla	bisiúla	bisiúil
dative	bisiúil; bhisiúil1	bhisiúil	bisiúla; bhisiúla2
Comparative	níos bisiúla
Superlative	is bisiúla

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

• bisiúlacht f (“productivity; fecundity, prolificacy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bisiúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bisiúil	bhisiúil	mbisiúil

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) “bisiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bisiúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bisiúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024