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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish -amail (compare Manx -oil, Scottish Gaelic -ail, -eil), from Old Irish -amail.
Suffix
-úil
- Used to form many adjective forms from nouns in Irish, the adjectives having the sense of "like or characteristic of what is denoted by the noun". Similar to English -ly.
- fear (“man”) + -úil → fearúil (“manly”)
- cairde (“friends”) + -úil → cairdiúil (“friendly”)
Usage notes
- All adjectives in -úil are second declension.
Declension
Declension of -úil
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singular
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plural (m/f)
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| Positive
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masculine
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feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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| nominative
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-úil
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-úil
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-úla
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| vocative
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-úil
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-úla
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| genitive
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-úla
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-úla
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-úil
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| dative
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-úil
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-úil
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-úla
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| Comparative
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níos -úla
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| Superlative
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is -úla
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Derived terms