poitéinsiúil

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English potential, with the ending modified to contain the native adjectival suffix -úil.

Adjective

poitéinsiúil (genitive singular masculine poitéinsiúil, genitive singular feminine poitéinsiúla, plural poitéinsiúla, not comparable)

  1. potential (latent, prospective)
  2. (physics) potential

Declension

Declension of poitéinsiúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative poitéinsiúil phoitéinsiúil poitéinsiúla;
phoitéinsiúla2
vocative phoitéinsiúil poitéinsiúla
genitive poitéinsiúla poitéinsiúla poitéinsiúil
dative poitéinsiúil;
phoitéinsiúil1 		phoitéinsiúil poitéinsiúla;
phoitéinsiúla2
Comparative níos poitéinsiúla
Superlative is poitéinsiúla

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • bac poitéinsiúil (“potential barrier”)
  • fuinneamh poitéinsiúil (“potential energy”)
  • nód poitéinsiúil (“potential node”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of poitéinsiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
poitéinsiúil phoitéinsiúil bpoitéinsiúil

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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