míghnaíúil

Irish

Etymology

From mí- (negative prefix) +‎ gnaíúil (“beautiful, comely; decent, generous”).

Adjective

míghnaíúil (genitive singular masculine míghnaíúil, genitive singular feminine míghnaíúla, plural míghnaíúla, comparative míghnaíúla)

  1. ill-favored, uncomely, unprepossessing
  2. ungenerous, mean
  3. ugly, unattractive, plain

Declension

Declension of míghnaíúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative míghnaíúil mhíghnaíúil míghnaíúla;
mhíghnaíúla2
vocative mhíghnaíúil míghnaíúla
genitive míghnaíúla míghnaíúla míghnaíúil
dative míghnaíúil;
mhíghnaíúil1 		mhíghnaíúil míghnaíúla;
mhíghnaíúla2
Comparative níos míghnaíúla
Superlative is míghnaíúla

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 míghnaíúil
radical lenition eclipsis
míghnaíúil mhíghnaíúil 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

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