fuinniúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fuinneamh +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fuinniúil (genitive singular feminine fuinniúla, plural fuinniúla, comparative fuinniúla)

  1. energetic, spirited, vigorous, dynamic
    Synonym: bríomhar
  2. forceful, energizing

Declension

Declension of fuinniúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative fuinniúil fhuinniúil fuinniúla;
fhuinniúla²
Vocative fhuinniúil fuinniúla
Genitive fuinniúla fuinniúla fuinniúil
Dative fuinniúil;
fhuinniúil¹ 		fhuinniúil fuinniúla;
fhuinniúla²
Comparative níos fuinniúla
Superlative is fuinniúla

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuinniúil fhuinniúil bhfuinniúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ “fuinniúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 84

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