fearúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish feramail. By surface analysis, fear (“man”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

fearúil (genitive singular masculine fearúil, genitive singular feminine fearúla, plural fearúla, comparative fearúla)

  1. manly, masculine
  2. virile
  3. brave

Declension

Declension of fearúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative fearúil fhearúil fearúla;
fhearúla²
Vocative fhearúil fearúla
Genitive fearúla fearúla fearúil
Dative fearúil;
fhearúil¹ 		fhearúil fearúla;
fhearúla²
Comparative níos fearúla
Superlative is fearúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fearúil fhearúil bhfearúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “feramail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 34

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