bliantúil

Irish

Etymology

From bliain (“year”) +‎ -túil.

Adjective

bliantúil (genitive singular masculine bliantúil, genitive singular feminine bliantúla, plural bliantúla, not comparable)

1. annual, yearly

Declension

Declension of bliantúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bliantúil	bhliantúil	bliantúla; bhliantúla2
vocative	bhliantúil		bliantúla
genitive		bliantúla	bliantúla	bliantúil
dative	bliantúil; bhliantúil1	bhliantúil	bliantúla; bhliantúla2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

• Adónas bliantúil m (“pheasant's eye”)
• cruinniú ginearálta bliantúil m (“annual general meeting”)
• cúigbhliantúil (“quinquennial”, adjective)
• débhliantúil (“biennial”, adjective)
• fáinne bliantúil m (“annual ring”)
• gearradh bliantúil m (“yearly levy; yearly rate”)
• ilbhliantúil (“perennial”, adjective)
• iomrall bliantúil m (“annual aberration”)
• leathbhliantúil (“half-yearly, semiannual”, adjective)
• saoire bhliantúil f (“annual leave”)
• teacht isteach bliantúil m (“annuity”)
• tuarascáil bhliantúil f (“annual report”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of bliantúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bliantúil	bhliantúil	mbliantúil

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