meonúil
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom meon (“mind, disposition; character, temperament”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmeonúil (genitive singular masculine meonúil, genitive singular feminine meonúla, plural meonúla, comparative meonúla)
- whimsical, fanciful, capricious
- particular, fastidious
- Alternative form of méiniúil (“well-disposed, kind, friendly; fruitful, fertile”)
Declension
editDeclension of meonúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | 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
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
meonúil | mheonúil | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 13
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meonúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN