aintiarnúil
Irish
Etymology
From aintiarna (“despotic lord; tyrant”) + -úil (adjectival suffix) (compare tiarnúil (“lordly, masterful; overbearing, domineering; cheeky”)).
Adjective
aintiarnúil (genitive singular masculine aintiarnúil, genitive singular feminine aintiarnúla, plural aintiarnúla, comparative aintiarnúla)
Declension
Declension of aintiarnúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aintiarnúil | aintiarnúil | aintiarnúla | |
| Vocative | aintiarnúil | aintiarnúla | ||
| Genitive | aintiarnúla | aintiarnúla | aintiarnúil | |
| Dative | aintiarnúil | aintiarnúil | aintiarnúla | |
| Comparative | níos aintiarnúla | |||
| Superlative | is aintiarnúla | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aintiarnúil | n-aintiarnúil | haintiarnúil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aintiarnúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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