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ordúil
ordúil
Irish
Alternative forms
- órdamhail (obsolete)
Adjective
ordúil (genitive singular masculine ordúil, genitive singular feminine ordúla, plural ordúla, comparative ordúla)
Declension
Declension of ordúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ordúil | ordúil¹ | ordúla³ | |
| Vocative | ordúil¹ | ordúla | ||
| Genitive | ordúil¹ (archaic) ordúla¹ |
ordúla | ordúla | ordúil |
| Dative | ordúil² | ordúil¹ | ordúla³ | |
| Comparative | níos ordúla | |||
| Superlative | is ordúla | |||
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
Antonyms
- mí-ordúil
- neamhordúil
Derived terms
- ordúlacht f (“orderliness, neatness, tidiness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ordúil | n-ordúil | hordúil | t-ordúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ordúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.