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Definition 2024
aistiúil
aistiúil
Irish
Adjective
aistiúil (genitive singular masculine aistiúil, genitive singular feminine aistiúla, plural aistiúla, comparative aistiúla)
- Alternative form of aisteach (“peculiar, queer; wonderful, surprising; droll”)
Declension
Declension of aistiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aistiúil | aistiúil¹ | aistiúla³ | |
| Vocative | aistiúil¹ | aistiúla | ||
| Genitive | aistiúil¹ (archaic) aistiúla¹ |
aistiúla | aistiúla | aistiúil |
| Dative | aistiúil² | aistiúil¹ | aistiúla³ | |
| Comparative | níos aistiúla | |||
| Superlative | is aistiúla | |||
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 |
| aistiúil | n-aistiúil | haistiúil | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aistiúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.