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meisciúil
meisciúil
Irish
Adjective
meisciúil (genitive singular feminine meisciúla, plural meisciúla, comparative meisciúla)
- intoxicating
- drunken, addicted to drinking
Declension
Declension of meisciúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | meisciúil | meisciúil¹ | meisciúla³ | |
| Vocative | meisciúil¹ | meisciúla | ||
| Genitive | meisciúil¹ (archaic) meisciúla¹ |
meisciúla | meisciúla | meisciúil |
| Dative | meisciúil² | meisciúil¹ | meisciúla³ | |
| Comparative | níos meisciúla | |||
| Superlative | is meisciúla | |||
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
- deoch mheisciúil f (“alcohol, alcoholic drink”)
- neamh-mheisciúil (“non-intoxicating; sober”, adj)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meisciúil | mheisciúil | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "meisciúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.