mífholláin

Irish

Etymology

mí- +‎ folláin.

Adjective

mífholláin (genitive singular masculine mífholláin, genitive singular feminine mífholláine, plural mífholláine, comparative mífholláine)

1. unhealthy; unwholesome

   Synonym: míshláintiúil

Declension

Declension of mífholláin

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	mífholláin	mhífholláin	mífholláin; mhífholláin2
vocative	mhífholláin		mífholláin
genitive		mífholláin	mífholláin	mífholláin
dative	mífholláin; mhífholláin1	mhífholláin	mífholláin; mhífholláin2
Comparative	níos mífholláin
Superlative	is mífholláin

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

Derived terms

• mífholláine f (“unhealthiness; unwholesomeness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mífholláin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mífholláin	mhífholláin	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) “mífholláin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mífholláin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mífholláin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024