suimiúil
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠɪˈmʲuːlʲ/[2]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈsˠɪmʲuːlʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠɨ̞mʲulʲ/
Adjective
[edit]suimiúil (genitive singular masculine suimiúil, genitive singular feminine suimiúla, plural suimiúla, comparative suimiúla)
- interesting
- Synonym: spéisiúil
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | suimiúil | shuimiúil | suimiúla; shuimiúla2 | |
vocative | shuimiúil | suimiúla | ||
genitive | suimiúla | suimiúla | suimiúil | |
dative | suimiúil; shuimiúil1 |
shuimiúil | suimiúla; shuimiúla2 | |
Comparative | níos suimiúla | |||
Superlative | is suimiúla |
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
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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suimiúil | shuimiúil after an, tsuimiúil |
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
[edit]- ^ “suimiúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 85
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suimiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “suimiúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “suimiúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024