matamaiticiúil

Irish

Etymology

From matamaitic (“mathematics”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

matamaiticiúil (genitive singular masculine matamaiticiúil, genitive singular feminine matamaiticiúla, plural matamaiticiúla, comparative matamaiticiúla)

  1. mathematical, numerate

Declension

Declension of matamaiticiúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative matamaiticiúil mhatamaiticiúil matamaiticiúla;
mhatamaiticiúla2
vocative mhatamaiticiúil matamaiticiúla
genitive matamaiticiúla matamaiticiúla matamaiticiúil
dative matamaiticiúil;
mhatamaiticiúil1 		mhatamaiticiúil matamaiticiúla;
mhatamaiticiúla2
Comparative níos matamaiticiúla
Superlative is matamaiticiúla

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 matamaiticiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
matamaiticiúil mhatamaiticiúil 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) “matamaiticiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “mathematical”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “numerate”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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