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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
drúisiúil dhrúisiúil ndrúisiúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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