meonúil

Irish

Etymology

From meon (“mind, disposition; character, temperament”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

meonúil (genitive singular masculine meonúil, genitive singular feminine meonúla, plural meonúla, comparative meonúla)

  1. whimsical, fanciful, capricious
  2. particular, fastidious
  3. alternative form of méiniúil (“well-disposed, kind, friendly; fruitful, fertile”)

Declension

Declension of meonúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative meonúil mheonúil meonúla;
mheonúla2
vocative mheonúil meonúla
genitive meonúla meonúla meonúil
dative meonúil;
mheonúil1 		mheonúil meonúla;
mheonúla2
Comparative níos meonúla
Superlative is meonúla

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 meonúil
radical lenition eclipsis
meonúil mheonúil 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

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 13

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