maidiniúil
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From maidin (“morning”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]maidiniúil (genitive singular masculine maidiniúil, genitive singular feminine maidiniúla, plural maidiniúla, not comparable)
- matutinal (of, occurring in, or relating to the early morning)
Declension
[edit]Declension of maidiniúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | maidiniúil | mhaidiniúil | maidiniúla; mhaidiniúla² | |
| Vocative | mhaidiniúil | maidiniúla | ||
| Genitive | maidiniúla | maidiniúla | maidiniúil | |
| Dative | maidiniúil; mhaidiniúil¹ |
mhaidiniúil | maidiniúla; mhaidiniúla² | |
| Comparative | níos maidiniúla | |||
| Superlative | is maidiniúla | |||
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]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| maidiniúil | mhaidiniúil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maidiniúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN