meisciúil

Irish

Etymology

From meisce (“drunkenness”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

meisciúil (genitive singular masculine meisciúil, genitive singular feminine meisciúla, plural meisciúla, comparative meisciúla)

  1. intoxicating
  2. drunken, addicted to drinking

Declension

Declension of meisciúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative meisciúil mheisciúil meisciúla;
mheisciúla2
vocative mheisciúil meisciúla
genitive meisciúla meisciúla meisciúil
dative meisciúil;
mheisciúil1 		mheisciúil meisciúla;
mheisciúla2
Comparative níos meisciúla
Superlative is meisciúla

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 meisciúil
radical lenition eclipsis
meisciúil mheisciúil 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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