amplúil
Irish
Etymology
From ampla (“hunger, famine; greed, voracity”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
amplúil (genitive singular masculine amplúil, genitive singular feminine amplúla, plural amplúla, comparative amplúla)
- Synonym of amplach (“hungry; greedy, covetous”)
Declension
Declension of amplúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | amplúil | amplúil | amplúla | |
| Vocative | amplúil | amplúla | ||
| Genitive | amplúla | amplúla | amplúil | |
| Dative | amplúil | amplúil | amplúla | |
| Comparative | níos amplúla | |||
| Superlative | is amplúla | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| amplúil | n-amplúil | hamplúil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "amplúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.