fuilí
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish fuilide.[2] By surface analysis, fuil + -í (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]fuilí
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | fuilí | fhuilí | fuilí; fhuilí2 | |
| vocative | fhuilí | fuilí | ||
| genitive | fuilí | fuilí | fuilí | |
| dative | fuilí; fhuilí1 |
fhuilí | fuilí; fhuilí2 | |
| Comparative | níos fuilí | |||
| Superlative | is fuilí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| fuilí | fhuilí | bhfuilí |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fuiliḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuilide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuilí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN