nithiúil
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ní¹ (“thing”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]nithiúil (genitive singular masculine nithiúil, genitive singular feminine nithiúla, plural nithiúla, comparative nithiúla)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | nithiúil | nithiúil | nithiúla | |
| vocative | nithiúil | nithiúla | ||
| genitive | nithiúla | nithiúla | nithiúil | |
| dative | nithiúil | nithiúil | nithiúla | |
| Comparative | níos nithiúla | |||
| Superlative | is nithiúla | |||
Derived terms
[edit]- ainmfhocal nithiúil m (“concrete noun”)
- nithiúlacht f (“reality, concreteness”)
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nithiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “nithiúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “nithiúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024