feidhmiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • feidhmeamhail, féimeamhail, féimeamhuil (obsolete)

Etymology

From feidhm +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲəiˈmʲuːlʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲəimʲuːlʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲəimʲuːlʲ/, [ˈfʲɛːmʲulʲ][1]

Adjective

feidhmiúil (genitive singular feminine feidhmiúla, plural feidhmiúla, comparative feidhmiúla)

  1. forceful
    Synonyms: láidir, éifeachtach
  2. serviceable
  3. functional (useful, serving a purpose), useful
    Synonym: praiticiúil
  4. (medicine) functional (such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure)
  5. efficient
    Synonyms: éifeachtach, éifeachtúil

Declension

Declension of feidhmiúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative feidhmiúil fheidhmiúil feidhmiúla;
fheidhmiúla2
vocative fheidhmiúil feidhmiúla
genitive feidhmiúla feidhmiúla feidhmiúil
dative feidhmiúil;
fheidhmiúil1
fheidhmiúil feidhmiúla;
fheidhmiúla2
Comparative níos feidhmiúla
Superlative is feidhmiúla

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

  • feidhmiúlacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of feidhmiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
feidhmiúil fheidhmiúil bhfeidhmiúil

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35

Further reading

  • feidhmiúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “feiḋmeaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feidhmiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN