sneachtúil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish snechtamail.[1] By surface analysis, sneachta (“snow”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃnʲaxˈt̪ˠuːlʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʃnʲaxt̪ˠuːlʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃnʲaxt̪ˠulʲ/

Adjective

sneachtúil (genitive singular masculine sneachtúil, genitive singular feminine sneachtúla, plural sneachtúla, comparative sneachtúla)

  1. snowy
    Synonyms: sneachtach, sneachtaí

Declension

Declension of sneachtúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative sneachtúil shneachtúil sneachtúla;
shneachtúla2
vocative shneachtúil sneachtúla
genitive sneachtúla sneachtúla sneachtúil
dative sneachtúil;
shneachtúil1 		shneachtúil sneachtúla;
shneachtúla2
Comparative níos sneachtúla
Superlative is sneachtúla

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 sneachtúil
radical lenition eclipsis
sneachtúil shneachtúil
after an, tsneachtúil 		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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snechtamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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