sneachtúil
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish snechtamail (“snowy, white as snow”); synchronically, sneachta (“snow”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
sneachtúil (genitive singular masculine sneachtúil, genitive singular feminine sneachtúla, plural sneachtúla, comparative sneachtúla)
- snowy
- Synonyms: sneachtach, sneachtaí
Declension
Declension of sneachtúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sneachtúil | shneachtúil | sneachtúla; shneachtúla² | |
| Vocative | shneachtúil | sneachtúla | ||
| Genitive | sneachtúla | sneachtúla | sneachtúil | |
| Dative | sneachtúil; shneachtúil¹ |
shneachtúil | sneachtúla; shneachtúla² | |
| Comparative | níos sneachtúla | |||
| Superlative | is sneachtúla | |||
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
- ulchabhán sneachtúil (“snowy owl”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sneachtúil | shneachtúil after an, tsneachtúil |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "sneachtúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “snechtamail” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “sneachtúil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “sneachtúil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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