poitéinsiúil

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English potential, with the ending modified to contain the native adjectival suffix -úil.

Adjective

poitéinsiúil (genitive singular masculine poitéinsiúil, genitive singular feminine poitéinsiúla, plural poitéinsiúla, not comparable)

  1. potential (latent, prospective)
  2. (physics) potential

Declension

Declension of poitéinsiúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative poitéinsiúil phoitéinsiúil poitéinsiúla;
phoitéinsiúla2
vocative phoitéinsiúil poitéinsiúla
genitive poitéinsiúla poitéinsiúla poitéinsiúil
dative poitéinsiúil;
phoitéinsiúil1 		phoitéinsiúil poitéinsiúla;
phoitéinsiúla2
Comparative níos poitéinsiúla
Superlative is poitéinsiúla

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of poitéinsiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
poitéinsiúil phoitéinsiúil bpoitéinsiúil

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

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