fuinniúil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fuinneamh +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fuinniúil (genitive singular feminine fuinniúla, plural fuinniúla, comparative fuinniúla)

  1. energetic, spirited, vigorous, dynamic
    Synonym: bríomhar
  2. forceful, energizing

Declension

Declension of fuinniúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative fuinniúil fhuinniúil fuinniúla;
fhuinniúla2
vocative fhuinniúil fuinniúla
genitive fuinniúla fuinniúla fuinniúil
dative fuinniúil;
fhuinniúil1 		fhuinniúil fuinniúla;
fhuinniúla2
Comparative níos fuinniúla
Superlative is fuinniúla

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 fuinniúil
radical lenition eclipsis
fuinniúil fhuinniúil bhfuinniúil

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

References

  1. ^ “fuinniúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 84

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