ordúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• órdamhail (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish ordamail. By surface analysis, ord (“order”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ordúil (genitive singular masculine ordúil, genitive singular feminine ordúla, plural ordúla, comparative ordúla)

1. orderly, neat; ordered

   Synonym: ordaithe

   Antonyms: mí-ordúil, neamhordúil

Declension

Declension of ordúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ordúil	ordúil	ordúla
vocative	ordúil		ordúla
genitive		ordúla	ordúla	ordúil
dative	ordúil	ordúil	ordúla
Comparative	níos ordúla
Superlative	is ordúla

Derived terms

• ordúlacht f (“orderliness, neatness, tidiness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ordúil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ordúil	n-ordúil	hordúil	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) “ordúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN