ápúil
Irish
Etymology
From ápa (“ape”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
ápúil (genitive singular masculine ápúil, genitive singular feminine ápúla, plural ápúla, comparative ápúla)
- apish
Declension
Declension of ápúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ápúil | ápúil | ápúla | |
| Vocative | ápúil | ápúla | ||
| Genitive | ápúla | ápúla | ápúil | |
| Dative | ápúil | ápúil | ápúla | |
| Comparative | níos ápúla | |||
| Superlative | is ápúla | |||
Derived terms
- ápúlacht f (“apishness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ápúil | n-ápúil | hápúil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ápúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “ápúil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.