impiriúil

Irish

Etymology

From impire (“emperor”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

impiriúil (genitive singular masculine impiriúil, genitive singular feminine impiriúla, plural impiriúla, comparative impiriúla)

1. imperial

Declension

Declension of impiriúil

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	impiriúil	impiriúil	impiriúla
vocative	impiriúil		impiriúla
genitive		impiriúla	strong noun	weak noun
			impiriúla	impiriúil
dative	impiriúil	impiriúil	impiriúla
Comparative	níos impiriúla
Superlative	is impiriúla

Derived terms

• féasóg impiriúil f (“imperial beard”)
• impiriúlachas m (“imperialism”)
• impiriúlaí m (“imperialist”)

Related terms

• impireacht f (“empire”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of impiriúil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
impiriúil	n-impiriúil	himpiriúil	not applicable

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) “impiriúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “impiriúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “impiriúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025