goiliúil

Irish

Etymology

From goile (“appetite”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

goiliúil (genitive singular masculine goiliúil, genitive singular feminine goiliúla, plural goiliúla, comparative goiliúla)

1. having an appetite
2. appetizing

Declension

Declension of goiliúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	goiliúil	ghoiliúil	goiliúla; ghoiliúla2
vocative	ghoiliúil		goiliúla
genitive		goiliúla	goiliúla	goiliúil
dative	goiliúil; ghoiliúil1	ghoiliúil	goiliúla; ghoiliúla2
Comparative	níos goiliúla
Superlative	is goiliúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of goiliúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
goiliúil	ghoiliúil	ngoiliúil

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) “goiliúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN