pianúil

Irish

Etymology

From pian (“pain; punishment, penalty”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

pianúil (genitive singular masculine pianúil, genitive singular feminine pianúla, plural pianúla, comparative pianúla)

  1. punitive, penal
  2. alternative form of pianmhar (“painful”)

Declension

Declension of pianúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative pianúil phianúil pianúla;
phianúla2
vocative phianúil pianúla
genitive pianúla pianúla pianúil
dative pianúil;
phianúil1 		phianúil pianúla;
phianúla2
Comparative níos pianúla
Superlative is pianúla

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 pianúil
radical lenition eclipsis
pianúil phianúil bpianúil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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