bliantúil
Irish
Etymology
From bliain (“year”) + -úil.
Adjective
bliantúil (genitive singular masculine bliantúil, genitive singular feminine bliantúla, plural bliantúla, not comparable)
- annual, yearly
Declension
Declension of bliantúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bliantúil | bhliantúil | bliantúla; bhliantúla² | |
| Vocative | bhliantúil | bliantúla | ||
| Genitive | bliantúla | bliantúla | bliantúil | |
| Dative | bliantúil; bhliantúil¹ | bhliantúil | bliantúla; bhliantúla² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- Adónas bliantúil m (“pheasant's eye”)
- cruinniú ginearálta bliantúil m (“annual general meeting”)
- cúigbhliantúil (“quinquennial”, adjective)
- débhliantúil (“biennial”, adjective)
- fáinne bliantúil m (“annual ring”)
- gearradh bliantúil m (“yearly levy; yearly rate”)
- ilbhliantúil (“perennial”, adjective)
- iomrall bliantúil m (“annual aberration”)
- leathbhliantúil (“half-yearly, semiannual”, adjective)
- saoire bhliantúil f (“annual leave”)
- teacht isteach bliantúil m (“annuity”)
- tuarascáil bhliantúil f (“annual report”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bliantúil | bhliantúil | mbliantúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bliantúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bliantúil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bliantúil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.