anaoibhiúil
Irish
Etymology
From anaoibh (“gloomy expression, ill humour, despondency”) + -úil (adjectival suffix) or an- (negative prefix) + aoibhiúil (“pleasant, smiling”).
Adjective
anaoibhiúil (genitive singular masculine anaoibhiúil, genitive singular feminine anaoibhiúla, plural anaoibhiúla, comparative anaoibhiúla)
- unsmiling, gloomy, glum, despondent
Declension
Declension of anaoibhiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | anaoibhiúil | anaoibhiúil | anaoibhiúla | |
| Vocative | anaoibhiúil | anaoibhiúla | ||
| Genitive | anaoibhiúla | anaoibhiúla | anaoibhiúil | |
| Dative | anaoibhiúil | anaoibhiúil | anaoibhiúla | |
| Comparative | níos anaoibhiúla | |||
| Superlative | is anaoibhiúla | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| anaoibhiúil | n-anaoibhiúil | hanaoibhiúil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "anaoibhiúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.