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Irish
Etymology
From scanradh + -úil.
Adjective
scanrúil (genitive singular feminine scanrúla, plural scanrúla, comparative scanrúla)
- frightful (full of that which causes fright), frightening, scary, fearsome, fearful, formidable, grisly, terrifying
- Synonym: scéiniúil
- startling
- easily frightened, fearful
- Synonym: faiteach
- greedy
Declension
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Further reading
- “scanrúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “scanrúil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scanrúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN