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feidhmiúil

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From feidhm +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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feidhmiúil (genitive singular feminine feidhmiúla, plural feidhmiúla, comparative feidhmiúla)

  1. forceful
    Synonyms: láidir, éifeachtach
  2. serviceable
  3. functional (useful, serving a purpose), useful
    Synonym: praiticiúil
  4. (medicine) functional (such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure)
  5. efficient
    Synonyms: éifeachtach, éifeachtúil

Declension

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Declension of feidhmiúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative feidhmiúil fheidhmiúil feidhmiúla;
fheidhmiúla2
vocative fheidhmiúil feidhmiúla
genitive feidhmiúla feidhmiúla feidhmiúil
dative feidhmiúil;
fheidhmiúil1 		fheidhmiúil feidhmiúla;
fheidhmiúla2
Comparative níos feidhmiúla
Superlative is feidhmiúla

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 feidhmiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
feidhmiúil fheidhmiúil bhfeidhmiúil

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

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35

Further reading

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