fearúil
See also: féarúil
Irish
Alternative forms
- fearamhail (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish feramail, from fer (“man”) + -amail (equivalent to fear (“man”) + -úil (adjectival suffix)).
Adjective
fearúil (genitive singular masculine fearúil, genitive singular feminine fearúla, plural fearúla, comparative fearúla)
Declension
Declension of fearúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fearúil | fhearúil | fearúla; fhearúla² | |
| Vocative | fhearúil | fearúla | ||
| Genitive | fearúla | fearúla | fearúil | |
| Dative | fearúil; fhearúil¹ |
fhearúil | fearúla; fhearúla² | |
| Comparative | níos fearúla | |||
| Superlative | is fearúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Antonyms
- mífhearúil (“unmanly”, adjective)
Related terms
- fearúlacht f (“manliness, manly spirit”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fearúil | fhearúil | bhfearúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "fearúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “feramail” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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