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fóill
fóill
Irish
Adjective
fóill (genitive singular masculine fóill, genitive singular feminine fóille, plural fóille, comparative fóille)
Declension
Declension of fóill
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fóill | fóill¹ | fóille³ | |
| Vocative | fóill¹ | fóill¹ | fóille | |
| Genitive | fóill¹ | fóille | fóille | fóill |
| Dative | fóill² | fóill¹ | fóille³ | |
| Comparative | fóille | |||
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
- go fóill (“yet, still”, adverb)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fóill | fhóill | bhfóill |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "fóill" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.