pianúil
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pian (“pain; punishment, penalty”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
pianúil (genitive singular masculine pianúil, genitive singular feminine pianúla, plural pianúla, comparative pianúla)
Declension[edit]
Declension of pianúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | pianúil | phianúil | pianúla; phianúla² | |
| Vocative | phianúil | pianúla | ||
| Genitive | pianúla | pianúla | pianúil | |
| Dative | pianúil; phianúil¹ |
phianúil | pianúla; phianúla² | |
| Comparative | níos pianúla | |||
| Superlative | is pianúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| pianúil | phianúil | bpianúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pianúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN