suimiúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From suim +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

Adjective

suimiúil (genitive singular masculine suimiúil, genitive singular feminine suimiúla, plural suimiúla, comparative suimiúla)

  1. interesting
    Synonym: spéisiúil

Declension

Declension of suimiúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative suimiúil shuimiúil suimiúla;
shuimiúla2
vocative shuimiúil suimiúla
genitive suimiúla suimiúla suimiúil
dative suimiúil;
shuimiúil1 		shuimiúil suimiúla;
shuimiúla2
Comparative níos suimiúla
Superlative is suimiúla

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of suimiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
suimiúil shuimiúil
after an, tsuimiúil 		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

  1. ^ “suimiúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 85

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