cáiliúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

cáil +‎ -úil

Pronunciation

Adjective

cáiliúil (genitive singular masculine cáiliúil, genitive singular feminine cáiliúla, plural cáiliúla, comparative cáiliúla)

  1. celebrated for quality, famous
  2. of medium quality, middling

Declension

Declension of cáiliúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cáiliúil cháiliúil cáiliúla;
cháiliúla²
Vocative cháiliúil cáiliúla
Genitive cáiliúla cáiliúla cáiliúil
Dative cáiliúil;
cháiliúil¹ 		cháiliúil cáiliúla;
cháiliúla²
Comparative níos cáiliúla
Superlative is cáiliúla

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cáiliúil cháiliúil gcáiliúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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