ceardúil

Irish

Etymology

From ceard (“artificer, artisan”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ceardúil (genitive singular masculine ceardúil, genitive singular feminine ceardúla, plural ceardúla, comparative ceardúla)

1. well-wrought, workmanlike

Declension

Declension of ceardúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ceardúil	cheardúil	ceardúla; cheardúla2
vocative	cheardúil		ceardúla
genitive		ceardúla	ceardúla	ceardúil
dative	ceardúil; cheardúil1	cheardúil	ceardúla; cheardúla2
Comparative	níos ceardúla
Superlative	is ceardúla

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

• ceardúlacht f (“skilled workmanship, artistry”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceardúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceardúil	cheardúil	gceardúil

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceardúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN