fairsingiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fairsinge +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠaɾˠsˠn̠ʲulʲ/[2]

Adjective

fairsingiúil (genitive singular feminine fairsingiúla, plural fairsingiúla, comparative fairsingiúla)

  1. (Ulster) synonym of fairsing (“abundant”)

Declension

Declension of fairsingiúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative fairsingiúil fhairsingiúil fairsingiúla;
fhairsingiúla2
vocative fhairsingiúil fairsingiúla
genitive fairsingiúla fairsingiúla fairsingiúil
dative fairsingiúil;
fhairsingiúil1 		fhairsingiúil fairsingiúla;
fhairsingiúla2
Comparative níos fairsingiúla
Superlative is fairsingiúla

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 fairsingiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
fairsingiúil fhairsingiúil bhfairsingiúil

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

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fairsneaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 420; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 255, page 92
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