éirimiúil
Irish
Etymology
From éirim (“riding, driving; course, gallop; movement, journey; range, scope; tenor, drift; inclination, tendency; aptitude, talent; intelligence”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
éirimiúil (genitive singular masculine éirimiúil, genitive singular feminine éirimiúla, plural éirimiúla, comparative éirimiúla)
- lively, spirited; sprightly
- talented, gifted; intelligent
Declension
Declension of éirimiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | éirimiúil | éirimiúil | éirimiúla | |
| Vocative | éirimiúil | éirimiúla | ||
| Genitive | éirimiúla | éirimiúla | éirimiúil | |
| Dative | éirimiúil | éirimiúil | éirimiúla | |
| Comparative | níos éirimiúla | |||
| Superlative | is éirimiúla | |||
Synonyms
- éirimeach
Derived terms
- éirimiúlacht f (“liveliness, sprightliness; aptitude, intelligence”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| éirimiúil | n-éirimiúil | héirimiúil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "éirimiúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.