béarúil

Irish

Etymology

From béar (“bear”) +‎ -úil.

Adjective

béarúil (genitive singular masculine béarúil, genitive singular feminine béarúla, plural béarúla, comparative béarúla)

  1. bearish

Declension

Declension of béarúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative béarúil bhéarúil béarúla;
bhéarúla2
vocative bhéarúil béarúla
genitive béarúla béarúla béarúil
dative béarúil;
bhéarúil1 		bhéarúil béarúla;
bhéarúla2
Comparative níos béarúla
Superlative is béarúla

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of béarúil
radical lenition eclipsis
béarúil bhéarúil mbéarúil

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béarúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “bearish”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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