mianúil

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish míanamail (“desirous”), from mían (“desire, inclination; object of desire”). By surface analysis, mian (“desire, wish”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

mianúil (genitive singular masculine mianúil, genitive singular feminine mianúla, plural mianúla, comparative mianúla)

1. desirous (ar, chun (“of”))

   Synonym: mianach

Declension

Declension of mianúil

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	mianúil	mhianúil	mianúla; mhianúla2
vocative	mhianúil		mianúla
genitive		mianúla	mianúla	mianúil
dative	mianúil; mhianúil1	mhianúil	mianúla; mhianúla2
Comparative	níos mianúla
Superlative	is mianúla

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 mianúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mianúil	mhianúil	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) “mianúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “míanamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mianúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mianúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025