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abúil
abúil
See also: abuil
Irish
Adjective
abúil (genitive singular feminine abúla, plural abúla, comparative abúla)
Declension
Declension of abúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | abúil | abúil¹ | abúla³ | |
| Vocative | abúil¹ | abúla | ||
| Genitive | abúil¹ (archaic) abúla¹ |
abúla | abúla | abúil |
| Dative | abúil² | abúil¹ | abúla³ | |
| Comparative | níos abúla | |||
| Superlative | is abúla | |||
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
Derived terms
- abúlacht f (“ripeness, maturity; quickness, cleverness, liveliness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| abúil | n-abúil | habúil | t-abúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "abúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.