mífhearúil

Irish

Etymology

From mí- (negative prefix) +‎ fearúil (“manly, masculine”).

Adjective

mífhearúil (genitive singular masculine mífhearúil, genitive singular feminine mífhearúla, plural mífhearúla, comparative mífhearúla)

1. unmanly

Declension

Declension of mífhearúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	mífhearúil	mhífhearúil	mífhearúla; mhífhearúla2
vocative	mhífhearúil		mífhearúla
genitive		mífhearúla	mífhearúla	mífhearúil
dative	mífhearúil; mhífhearúil1	mhífhearúil	mífhearúla; mhífhearúla2
Comparative	níos mífhearúla
Superlative	is mífhearúla

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

Antonyms

• fearúil

Derived terms

• mífhearúlacht f (“unmanliness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mífhearúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mífhearúil	mhífhearúil	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) “mífhearúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN