ginitiúil

Irish

Etymology

From Latin genitālis (“of or belonging to generation”) (+ -úil), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“I beget, generate”).

Adjective

ginitiúil (genitive singular masculine ginitiúil, genitive singular feminine ginitiúla, plural ginitiúla, not comparable)

  1. genital

Declension

Declension of ginitiúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ginitiúil ghinitiúil ginitiúla;
ghinitiúla2
vocative ghinitiúil ginitiúla
genitive ginitiúla ginitiúla ginitiúil
dative ginitiúil;
ghinitiúil1 		ghinitiúil ginitiúla;
ghinitiúla2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of ginitiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
ginitiúil ghinitiúil nginitiúil

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