anaoibhiúil

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Irish

Etymology

From anaoibh (“gloomy expression, ill humour, despondency”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix) or an- (negative prefix) +‎ aoibhiúil (“pleasant, smiling”).

Adjective

anaoibhiúil (genitive singular masculine anaoibhiúil, genitive singular feminine anaoibhiúla, plural anaoibhiúla, comparative anaoibhiúla)

  1. unsmiling, gloomy, glum, despondent

Declension

Declension of anaoibhiúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative anaoibhiúil anaoibhiúil anaoibhiúla
vocative anaoibhiúil anaoibhiúla
genitive anaoibhiúla anaoibhiúla anaoibhiúil
dative anaoibhiúil anaoibhiúil anaoibhiúla
Comparative níos anaoibhiúla
Superlative is anaoibhiúla

Mutation

Mutated forms of anaoibhiúil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anaoibhiúil n-anaoibhiúil hanaoibhiúil 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

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