bunreachtúil
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bunreacht (“constitution”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]bunreachtúil (genitive singular masculine bunreachtúil, genitive singular feminine bunreachtúla, plural bunreachtúla, comparative bunreachtúla)
- (administration, politics) constitutional
- Antonym: míbhunreachtúil
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | bunreachtúil | bhunreachtúil | bunreachtúla; bhunreachtúla2 | |
vocative | bhunreachtúil | bunreachtúla | ||
genitive | bunreachtúla | bunreachtúla | bunreachtúil | |
dative | bunreachtúil; bhunreachtúil1 |
bhunreachtúil | bunreachtúla; bhunreachtúla2 | |
Comparative | níos bunreachtúla | |||
Superlative | is bunreachtúla |
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
[edit]- bunreachtúlacht (“constitutionality”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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bunreachtúil | bhunreachtúil | mbunreachtúil |
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) “bunreachtúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bunreachtúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bunreachtúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024