plandúil
Irish
Etymology
planda + -úil
Adjective
plandúil (genitive singular masculine plandúil, genitive singular feminine plandúla, plural plandúla, comparative plandúla)
- plant-like, vegetal, vegetable
- floristic
Declension
Declension of plandúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | plandúil | phlandúil | plandúla; phlandúla² | |
| Vocative | phlandúil | plandúla | ||
| Genitive | plandúla | plandúla | plandúil | |
| Dative | plandúil; phlandúil¹ | phlandúil | plandúla; phlandúla² | |
| Comparative | níos plandúla | |||
| Superlative | is plandúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| plandúil | phlandúil | bplandúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "plandúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.