duiniúil
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish duinemail (“humane, liberal”); synchronically, duine (“human being, person”) + -úil (adjectival suffix). Compare Scottish Gaelic duineil (“manly, firm, manful, virile”, adjective).
Adjective
duiniúil (genitive singular masculine duiniúil, genitive singular feminine duiniúla, plural duiniúla, comparative duiniúla)
- human, natural, kindly
Declension
Declension of duiniúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | duiniúil | dhuiniúil | duiniúla; dhuiniúla² | |
| Vocative | dhuiniúil | duiniúla | ||
| Genitive | duiniúla | duiniúla | duiniúil | |
| Dative | duiniúil; dhuiniúil¹ | dhuiniúil | duiniúla; dhuiniúla² | |
| Comparative | níos duiniúla | |||
| Superlative | is duiniúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| duiniúil | dhuiniúil | nduiniúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "duiniúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “duinemail” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.