scanrúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• scannramhail, scannrúil, scanramhail, sgannramhail, sgannramhuil, sgannrúil, sganramhail, sganramhuil (obsolete)
• scanraitheach

Etymology

From scanradh +‎ -úil.

Adjective

scanrúil (genitive singular feminine scanrúla, plural scanrúla, comparative scanrúla)

1. frightful (full of that which causes fright), frightening, scary, fearsome, fearful, formidable, grisly, terrifying

   Synonym: scéiniúil

2. startling
3. easily frightened, fearful

   Synonym: faiteach

4. greedy [with chun ‘for’]

Declension

Declension of scanrúil

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	scanrúil	scanrúil	scanrúla; scanrúla2
vocative	scanrúil		scanrúla
genitive		scanrúla	scanrúla	scanrúil
dative	scanrúil; scanrúil1	scanrúil	scanrúla; scanrúla2
Comparative	níos scanrúla
Superlative	is scanrúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Further reading

• “scanrúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “scanrúil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scanrúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN