postúil

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

postúil (genitive singular masculine postúil, genitive singular feminine postúla, plural postúla, comparative postúla)

  1. self-important, conceited
    Synonyms: mórchúiseach, mórluachach

Declension

Declension of postúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative postúil phostúil postúla;
phostúla2
vocative phostúil postúla
genitive postúla postúla postúil
dative postúil;
phostúil1 		phostúil postúla;
phostúla2
Comparative níos postúla
Superlative is postúla

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 postúil
radical lenition eclipsis
postúil phostúil bpostúil

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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