iomadúil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

iomad +‎ -úil

Pronunciation

Adjective

iomadúil (genitive singular masculine iomadúil, genitive singular feminine iomadúla, plural iomadúla, comparative iomadúla)

  1. numerous, plentiful, abundant
  2. excessive, exceptional

Declension

Declension of iomadúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative iomadúil iomadúil iomadúla
vocative iomadúil iomadúla
genitive iomadúla iomadúla iomadúil
dative iomadúil iomadúil iomadúla
Comparative níos iomadúla
Superlative is iomadúla

Derived terms

  • iomadúlacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of iomadúil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iomadúil n-iomadúil hiomadúil not applicable

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. (1904) “iomadaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 402
  2. ^ iomadúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 167, page 85
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 399, page 132

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