angúil
Irish
Etymology
From angadh (“pus”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
angúil (genitive singular masculine angúil, genitive singular feminine angúla, plural angúla, comparative angúla)
- (medicine) purulent
Declension
Declension of angúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | angúil | angúil | angúla | |
| Vocative | angúil | angúla | ||
| Genitive | angúla | angúla | angúil | |
| Dative | angúil | angúil | angúla | |
| Comparative | níos angúla | |||
| Superlative | is angúla | |||
Synonyms
- angaíoch
Related terms
- angaíocht (“purulence”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| angúil | n-angúil | hangúil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "angúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.