conúil

See also: cónúil

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish conamail (“houndlike”). By surface analysis, cú, con (“hound”) +‎ -úil.

Adjective

conúil (genitive singular feminine conúla, plural conúla, comparative conúla)

1. doglike, doggish

Declension

Declension of conúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	conúil	chonúil	conúla; chonúla2
vocative	chonúil		conúla
genitive		conúla	conúla	conúil
dative	conúil; chonúil1	chonúil	conúla; chonúla2
Comparative	níos conúla
Superlative	is conúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of conúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
conúil	chonúil	gconúil

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