mí-aithriúil

Irish

Etymology

From mí- (“un-, in-”) +‎ aithriúil (“fatherly”).

Adjective

mí-aithriúil (genitive singular feminine mí-aithriúla, plural mí-aithriúla, comparative mí-aithriúla)

1. unfatherly

Declension

Declension of mí-aithriúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	mí-aithriúil	mhí-aithriúil	mí-aithriúla; mhí-aithriúla2
vocative	mhí-aithriúil		mí-aithriúla
genitive		mí-aithriúla	mí-aithriúla	mí-aithriúil
dative	mí-aithriúil; mhí-aithriúil1	mhí-aithriúil	mí-aithriúla; mhí-aithriúla2
Comparative	níos mí-aithriúla
Superlative	is mí-aithriúla

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 mí-aithriúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mí-aithriúil	mhí-aithriúil	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mí-aithriúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN