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meonúil
meonúil
Irish
Adjective
meonúil (genitive singular masculine meonúil, genitive singular feminine meonúla, plural meonúla, comparative meonúla)
- whimsical, fanciful, capricious
- particular, fastidious
- Alternative form of méiniúil (“well-disposed, kind, friendly; fruitful, fertile”)
Declension
Declension of meonúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | meonúil | meonúil¹ | meonúla³ | |
| Vocative | meonúil¹ | meonúla | ||
| Genitive | meonúil¹ (archaic) meonúla¹ |
meonúla | meonúla | meonúil |
| Dative | meonúil² | meonúil¹ | meonúla³ | |
| Comparative | níos meonúla | |||
| Superlative | is meonúla | |||
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 | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meonúil | mheonúil | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "meonúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.