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impiriúil
impiriúil
Irish
Adjective
impiriúil (genitive singular masculine impiriúil, genitive singular feminine impiriúla, plural impiriúla)
Declension
Declension of impiriúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | impiriúil | impiriúil¹ | impiriúla³ | |
| Vocative | impiriúil¹ | impiriúla | ||
| Genitive | impiriúil¹ (archaic) impiriúla¹ |
impiriúla | impiriúla | impiriúil |
| Dative | impiriúil² | impiriúil¹ | impiriúla³ | |
| Comparative | níos impiriúla | |||
| Superlative | is impiriúla | |||
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.
Derived terms
- impiriúlachas m (“imperialism”)
- impiriúlaí m (“imperialist”)
Related terms
- impireacht f (“empire”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| impiriúil | n-impiriúil | himpiriúil | t-impiriúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "impiriúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.