maidiniúil
Appearance
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]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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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]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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maidiniúil | mhaidiniúil | 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) “maidiniúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN