prionsúil

Irish

Etymology

From prionsa (“prince”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

prionsúil (genitive singular masculine prionsúil, genitive singular feminine prionsúla, plural prionsúla, comparative prionsúla)

1. princely (relating to a prince)

Declension

Declension of prionsúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	prionsúil	phrionsúil	prionsúla; phrionsúla2
vocative	phrionsúil		prionsúla
genitive		prionsúla	prionsúla	prionsúil
dative	prionsúil; phrionsúil1	phrionsúil	prionsúla; phrionsúla2
Comparative	níos prionsúla
Superlative	is prionsúla

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

• prionsúlacht f (“princeliness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of prionsúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
prionsúil	phrionsúil	bprionsúil

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) “prionsúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN