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bisiúil
bisiúil
Irish
Adjective
bisiúil (genitive singular feminine bisiúla, plural bisiúla, comparative bisiúla)
Declension
Declension of bisiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) | 
| Nominative | bisiúil | bisiúil¹ | bisiúla³ | |
| Vocative | bisiúil¹ | bisiúla | ||
| Genitive |  bisiúil¹ (archaic) bisiúla¹  | 
bisiúla | bisiúla | bisiúil | 
| Dative | bisiúil² | bisiúil¹ | bisiúla³ | |
| Comparative | níos bisiúla | |||
| Superlative | is bisiúla | |||
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.
Synonyms
- (prolific): torthúil
 
Derived terms
- bisiúlacht f (“productivity; fecundity, prolificacy”)
 
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis | 
| bisiúil | bhisiúil | mbisiúil | 
|  Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.  | ||
References
- "bisiúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.