feidhmiúil
Irish
Alternative forms
- feidhmeamhail, féimeamhail, féimeamhuil (obsolete)
Etymology
From feidhm + -úil
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲəiˈmʲuːlʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲəimʲuːlʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲəimʲuːlʲ/, [ˈfʲɛːmʲulʲ][1]
Adjective
feidhmiúil (genitive singular feminine feidhmiúla, plural feidhmiúla, comparative feidhmiúla)
- forceful
- Synonyms: láidir, éifeachtach
- serviceable
- functional (useful, serving a purpose), useful
- Synonym: praiticiúil
- (medicine) functional (such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure)
- efficient
- Synonyms: éifeachtach, éifeachtúil
Declension
Declension of feidhmiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | feidhmiúil | fheidhmiúil | feidhmiúla; fheidhmiúla² | |
| Vocative | fheidhmiúil | feidhmiúla | ||
| Genitive | feidhmiúla | feidhmiúla | feidhmiúil | |
| Dative | feidhmiúil; fheidhmiúil¹ | fheidhmiúil | feidhmiúla; fheidhmiúla² | |
| Comparative | níos feidhmiúla | |||
| Superlative | is feidhmiúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- feidhmiúlacht
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| feidhmiúil | fheidhmiúil | bhfeidhmiúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “feidhmiúil” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- “feiḋmeaṁail” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page .
- "feidhmiúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35