ginitiúil

Irish

Etymology

From Latin genitālis (“of or belonging to generation”) (+ -úil), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“I beget, generate”).

Adjective

ginitiúil (genitive singular masculine ginitiúil, genitive singular feminine ginitiúla, plural ginitiúla, not comparable)

1. genital

Declension

Declension of ginitiúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ginitiúil	ghinitiúil	ginitiúla; ghinitiúla2
vocative	ghinitiúil		ginitiúla
genitive		ginitiúla	ginitiúla	ginitiúil
dative	ginitiúil; ghinitiúil1	ghinitiúil	ginitiúla; ghinitiúla2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

• anaighinitiúil (“anogenital”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ginitiúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ginitiúil	ghinitiúil	nginitiúil

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ginitiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “genital”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024