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airdiúil
airdiúil
Irish
Adjective
airdiúil (genitive singular masculine airdiúil, genitive singular feminine airdiúla, plural airdiúla, comparative airdiúla)
Derived terms
- airdiúlacht f (“haughtiness”)
Etymology 2
Adjective
airdiúil (genitive singular masculine airdiúil, genitive singular feminine airdiúla, plural airdiúla, comparative airdiúla)
- Alternative form of airdeallach (“alert, watchful”)
Declension
Declension of airdiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | airdiúil | airdiúil¹ | airdiúla³ | |
| Vocative | airdiúil¹ | airdiúla | ||
| Genitive | airdiúil¹ (archaic) airdiúla¹ |
airdiúla | airdiúla | airdiúil |
| Dative | airdiúil² | airdiúil¹ | airdiúla³ | |
| Comparative | níos airdiúla | |||
| Superlative | is airdiúla | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| airdiúil | n-airdiúil | hairdiúil | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "airdiúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.