maighdeanúil

Irish

Etymology

From maighdean (“maiden, virgin”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

maighdeanúil (genitive singular masculine maighdeanúil, genitive singular feminine maighdeanúla, plural maighdeanúla, comparative maighdeanúla)

  1. maidenlike; virginal

Declension

Declension of maighdeanúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative maighdeanúil mhaighdeanúil maighdeanúla;
mhaighdeanúla2
vocative mhaighdeanúil maighdeanúla
genitive maighdeanúla maighdeanúla maighdeanúil
dative maighdeanúil;
mhaighdeanúil1 		mhaighdeanúil maighdeanúla;
mhaighdeanúla2
Comparative níos maighdeanúla
Superlative is maighdeanúla

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 maighdeanúil
radical lenition eclipsis
maighdeanúil mhaighdeanúil 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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