anamúil
Irish
Etymology
From anam (“liveliness, spirit”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
anamúil (genitive singular masculine anamúil, genitive singular feminine anamúla, plural anamúla, comparative anamúla)
- lively, spirited
Declension
Declension of anamúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | anamúil | anamúil | anamúla | |
| Vocative | anamúil | anamúla | ||
| Genitive | anamúla | anamúla | anamúil | |
| Dative | anamúil | anamúil | anamúla | |
| Comparative | níos anamúla | |||
| Superlative | is anamúla | |||
Antonyms
- neamh-anamúil (“lifeless, listless”, adjective)
Derived terms
- anamúlacht f (“liveliness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| anamúil | n-anamúil | hanamúil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "anamúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.