múisciúil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From múisc (“vomit; nausea, loathing”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

múisciúil (genitive singular masculine múisciúil, genitive singular feminine múisciúla, plural múisciúla, comparative múisciúla)

  1. nauseating
  2. (of air, weather) dank, oppressive

Declension

Declension of múisciúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative múisciúil mhúisciúil múisciúla;
mhúisciúla2
vocative mhúisciúil múisciúla
genitive múisciúla múisciúla múisciúil
dative múisciúil;
mhúisciúil1 		mhúisciúil múisciúla;
mhúisciúla2
Comparative níos múisciúla
Superlative is múisciúla

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 múisciúil
radical lenition eclipsis
múisciúil mhúisciúil not applicable

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