drúisiúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish drúisemail. By surface analysis, drúis (lust) +‎ -úil. Compare Scottish Gaelic drùiseil.

Adjective

drúisiúil (genitive singular masculine drúisiúil, genitive singular feminine drúisiúla, plural drúisiúla, comparative drúisiúla)

  1. lustful, lascivious

Declension

Declension of drúisiúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative drúisiúil dhrúisiúil drúisiúla;
dhrúisiúla2
vocative dhrúisiúil drúisiúla
genitive drúisiúla drúisiúla drúisiúil
dative drúisiúil;
dhrúisiúil1
dhrúisiúil drúisiúla;
dhrúisiúla2
Comparative níos drúisiúla
Superlative is drúisiúla

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

Mutated forms of drúisiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
drúisiúil dhrúisiúil ndrúisiúil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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