maisiúil

Irish

Etymology

From maise (“adornment, beauty; becomingness, comeliness”) +‎ -úil.

Adjective

maisiúil (genitive singular feminine maisiúla, plural maisiúla, comparative maisiúla)

1. decorative, beautiful
2. elegant
3. becoming, comely

Declension

Declension of maisiúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	maisiúil	mhaisiúil	maisiúla; mhaisiúla2
vocative	mhaisiúil		maisiúla
genitive		maisiúla	maisiúla	maisiúil
dative	maisiúil; mhaisiúil1	mhaisiúil	maisiúla; mhaisiúla2
Comparative	níos maisiúla
Superlative	is maisiúla

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

Synonyms

• maiseach

Derived terms

• maisiúlacht f (“decorativeness, beauty; becomingness, comeliness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of maisiúil

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