matamaiticiúil

Irish

Etymology

From matamaitic (“mathematics”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

matamaiticiúil (genitive singular masculine matamaiticiúil, genitive singular feminine matamaiticiúla, plural matamaiticiúla, comparative matamaiticiúla)

1. mathematical, numerate

Declension

Declension of matamaiticiúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	matamaiticiúil	mhatamaiticiúil	matamaiticiúla; mhatamaiticiúla2
vocative	mhatamaiticiúil		matamaiticiúla
genitive		matamaiticiúla	matamaiticiúla	matamaiticiúil
dative	matamaiticiúil; mhatamaiticiúil1	mhatamaiticiúil	matamaiticiúla; mhatamaiticiúla2
Comparative	níos matamaiticiúla
Superlative	is matamaiticiúla

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of matamaiticiúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
matamaiticiúil	mhatamaiticiúil	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “matamaiticiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “mathematical”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “numerate”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024