fuinniúil
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fuinniúil (genitive singular feminine fuinniúla, plural fuinniúla, comparative fuinniúla)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | fuinniúil | fhuinniúil | fuinniúla; fhuinniúla2 | |
| vocative | fhuinniúil | fuinniúla | ||
| genitive | fuinniúla | fuinniúla | fuinniúil | |
| dative | fuinniúil; fhuinniúil1 |
fhuinniúil | fuinniúla; fhuinniúla2 | |
| Comparative | níos fuinniúla | |||
| Superlative | is fuinniúla | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|
| fuinniúil | fhuinniúil | bhfuinniúil |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “fuinniúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ 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 84
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fuinneaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 340
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuinniúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN