maighdeanúil

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Irish

Etymology

From maighdean (“maiden, virgin”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

maighdeanúil (genitive singular masculine maighdeanúil, genitive singular feminine maighdeanúla, plural maighdeanúla, comparative maighdeanúla)

  1. maidenlike; virginal

Declension

Declension of maighdeanúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative maighdeanúil mhaighdeanúil maighdeanúla;
mhaighdeanúla²
Vocative mhaighdeanúil maighdeanúla
Genitive maighdeanúla maighdeanúla maighdeanúil
Dative maighdeanúil;
mhaighdeanúil¹ 		mhaighdeanúil maighdeanúla;
mhaighdeanúla²
Comparative níos maighdeanúla
Superlative is maighdeanúla

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
maighdeanúil mhaighdeanúil not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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