impiriúil
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From impire (“emperor”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]impiriúil (genitive singular masculine impiriúil, genitive singular feminine impiriúla, plural impiriúla, comparative impiriúla)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | impiriúil | impiriúil | impiriúla | |
vocative | impiriúil | impiriúla | ||
genitive | impiriúla | impiriúla | impiriúil | |
dative | impiriúil | impiriúil | impiriúla | |
Comparative | níos impiriúla | |||
Superlative | is impiriúla |
Derived terms
[edit]- féasóg impiriúil f (“imperial beard”)
- impiriúlachas m (“imperialism”)
- impiriúlaí m (“imperialist”)
Related terms
[edit]- impireacht f (“empire”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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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
[edit]- 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, 2013-2024