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cáiliúil

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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cáil +‎ -úil

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cáiliúil (genitive singular masculine cáiliúil, genitive singular feminine cáiliúla, plural cáiliúla, comparative cáiliúla)

  1. celebrated for quality, famous
  2. of medium quality, middling

Declension

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Declension of cáiliúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cáiliúil cháiliúil cáiliúla;
cháiliúla2
vocative cháiliúil cáiliúla
genitive cáiliúla cáiliúla cáiliúil
dative cáiliúil;
cháiliúil1
cháiliúil cáiliúla;
cháiliúla2
Comparative níos cáiliúla
Superlative is cáiliúla

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

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of cáiliúil
radical lenition eclipsis
cáiliúil cháiliúil gcáiliúil

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

Further reading

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