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Irish
- righamhail, ríghamhail, righeamhail, righeamhuil, rightheamhail, rightheamhuil, ríghtheamhuil, rioghamhail, ríoghamhail, rioghamhuil, ríoghamhuil (obsolete)
- ríoghúil, ríthiúil, riúil
Etymology
From rí + -úil.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ríúil (genitive singular feminine ríúla, plural ríúla, comparative ríúla)
- royal, kingly, kinglike
- Synonym: ríoga
- imperial (very grand or fine)
- Synonym: maorga
Declension
Declension of ríúil
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singular
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plural (m/f)
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| Positive
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masculine
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feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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| nominative
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ríúil
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ríúil
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ríúla
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| vocative
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ríúil
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ríúla
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| genitive
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ríúla
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ríúla
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ríúil
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| dative
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ríúil
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ríúil
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ríúla
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| Comparative
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níos ríúla
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| Superlative
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is ríúla
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Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “ríúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rígamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ríoġaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 572
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ríúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN