méiniúil
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From méin (“mind, disposition; mien, bearing”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]méiniúil (genitive singular masculine méiniúil, genitive singular feminine méiniúla, plural méiniúla, comparative méiniúla)
- well-disposed, kind, friendly
- fruitful, fertile (of land, etc.)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | méiniúil | mhéiniúil | méiniúla; mhéiniúla2 | |
vocative | mhéiniúil | méiniúla | ||
genitive | méiniúla | méiniúla | méiniúil | |
dative | méiniúil; mhéiniúil1 |
mhéiniúil | méiniúla; mhéiniúla2 | |
Comparative | níos méiniúla | |||
Superlative | is méiniúla |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
[edit]- (fruitful, fertile): torthúil
Derived terms
[edit]- méiniúlacht f (“kindliness, friendliness; fruitfulness, fertility”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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méiniúil | mhéiniúil | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “méiniúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN