mífhearúil
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mí- (negative prefix) + fearúil (“manly, masculine”).
Adjective[edit]
mífhearúil (genitive singular masculine mífhearúil, genitive singular feminine mífhearúla, plural mífhearúla, comparative mífhearúla)
Declension[edit]
Declension of mífhearúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | mífhearúil | mhífhearúil | mífhearúla; mhífhearúla² | |
Vocative | mhífhearúil | mífhearúla | ||
Genitive | mífhearúla | mífhearúla | mífhearúil | |
Dative | mífhearúil; mhífhearúil¹ |
mhífhearúil | mífhearúla; mhífhearúla² | |
Comparative | níos mífhearúla | |||
Superlative | is mífhearúla |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- mífhearúlacht f (“unmanliness”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mífhearúil | mhífhearúil | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mífhearúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN