ceardúil

Irish

Etymology

From ceard (“artificer, artisan”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ceardúil (genitive singular masculine ceardúil, genitive singular feminine ceardúla, plural ceardúla, comparative ceardúla)

  1. well-wrought, workmanlike

Declension

Declension of ceardúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ceardúil cheardúil ceardúla;
cheardúla2
vocative cheardúil ceardúla
genitive ceardúla ceardúla ceardúil
dative ceardúil;
cheardúil1 		cheardúil ceardúla;
cheardúla2
Comparative níos ceardúla
Superlative is ceardúla

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

  • ceardúlacht f (“skilled workmanship, artistry”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceardúil
radical lenition eclipsis
ceardúil cheardúil gceardúil

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

References

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