ordúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ordamail. By surface analysis, ord (“order”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ordúil (genitive singular masculine ordúil, genitive singular feminine ordúla, plural ordúla, comparative ordúla)

  1. orderly, neat; ordered
    Synonym: ordaithe
    Antonyms: mí-ordúil, neamhordúil

Declension

Declension of ordúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative ordúil ordúil ordúla
vocative ordúil ordúla
genitive ordúla ordúla ordúil
dative ordúil ordúil ordúla
Comparative níos ordúla
Superlative is ordúla

Derived terms

  • ordúlacht f (“orderliness, neatness, tidiness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ordúil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ordúil n-ordúil hordúil not applicable

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

References

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