éagsúil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish écsamail, from Old Irish é- (“un-”) + cosmail (“similar”).[2] Piecewise doublet of éagosúil, which was re-formed later from the same elements.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /iːa̯ɡˈsˠuːlʲ/, [iːa̯ɡ̊ˈsˠuːi̯lʲ][3]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈeːksãuwəlʲ/, [ˈɛəksãuwɪlʲ][4]

Adjective

éagsúil (genitive singular masculine éagsúil, genitive singular feminine éagsúla, plural éagsúla, comparative éagsúla)

  1. unlike, dissimilar
    Synonym: difriúil
  2. different, various, diverse
    Synonym: difriúil
  3. showy

Declension

Declension of éagsúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative éagsúil éagsúil éagsúla
vocative éagsúil éagsúla
genitive éagsúla éagsúla éagsúil
dative éagsúil éagsúil éagsúla
Comparative níos éagsúla
Superlative is éagsúla

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of éagsúil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éagsúil n-éagsúil héagsúil 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. ^ “éagsúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “écsamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 237, page 120
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 471, page 150

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