pianúil

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Irish

Etymology

From pian (“pain; punishment, penalty”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

pianúil (genitive singular masculine pianúil, genitive singular feminine pianúla, plural pianúla, comparative pianúla)

  1. punitive, penal
  2. Alternative form of pianmhar (“painful”)

Declension

Declension of pianúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative pianúil phianúil pianúla;
phianúla²
Vocative phianúil pianúla
Genitive pianúla pianúla pianúil
Dative pianúil;
phianúil¹ 		phianúil pianúla;
phianúla²
Comparative níos pianúla
Superlative is pianúla

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
pianúil phianúil bpianúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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