cónúil

See also: conúil

Irish

Etymology

From cón (“cone”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cónúil (genitive singular masculine cónúil, genitive singular feminine cónúla, plural cónúla, comparative cónúla)

  1. conical
    Synonyms: coirceogach, cónach

Declension

Declension of cónúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cónúil chónúil cónúla;
chónúla2
vocative chónúil cónúla
genitive cónúla cónúla cónúil
dative cónúil;
chónúil1 		chónúil cónúla;
chónúla2
Comparative níos cónúla
Superlative is cónúla

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 cónúil
radical lenition eclipsis
cónúil chónúil gcónúil

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) “cónúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “cónúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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