fearúil
See also: féarúil
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish feramail.[1] By surface analysis, fear (“man”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲaˈɾˠuːlʲ/[2]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠuːlʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠulʲ/
Adjective
[edit]fearúil (genitive singular masculine fearúil, genitive singular feminine fearúla, plural fearúla, comparative fearúla)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | fearúil | fhearúil | fearúla; fhearúla2 | |
| vocative | fhearúil | fearúla | ||
| genitive | fearúla | fearúla | fearúil | |
| dative | fearúil; fhearúil1 |
fhearúil | fearúla; fhearúla2 | |
| Comparative | níos fearúla | |||
| Superlative | is fearúla | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]- mífhearúil (“unmanly”, adjective)
Related terms
[edit]- fearúlacht f (“manliness, manly spirit”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| fearúil | fhearúil | bhfearúil |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “feramail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 34
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fearúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN