postúil
Irish
Adjective
postúil (genitive singular masculine postúil, genitive singular feminine postúla, plural postúla, comparative postúla)
- self-important, conceited
- Synonyms: mórchúiseach, mórluachach
Declension
Declension of postúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | postúil | phostúil | postúla; phostúla² | |
| Vocative | phostúil | postúla | ||
| Genitive | postúla | postúla | postúil | |
| Dative | postúil; phostúil¹ |
phostúil | postúla; phostúla² | |
| Comparative | níos postúla | |||
| Superlative | is postúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- postúlacht f (“self-importance, conceit”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| postúil | phostúil | bpostúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "postúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “postúil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “postúil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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