peacúil
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]peacúil (genitive singular masculine peacúil, genitive singular feminine peacúla, plural peacúla, comparative peacúla)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | peacúil | pheacúil | peacúla; pheacúla2 | |
| vocative | pheacúil | peacúla | ||
| genitive | peacúla | peacúla | peacúil | |
| dative | peacúil; pheacúil1 |
pheacúil | peacúla; pheacúla2 | |
| Comparative | níos peacúla | |||
| Superlative | is peacúla | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
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[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| peacúil | pheacúil | bpeacúil |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “peacúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “peacúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “peacúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024