banúil
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish banamail, from Old Irish ben (“woman”). By surface analysis, ban- + -úil.
Adjective
[edit]banúil (genitive singular masculine banúil, genitive singular feminine banúla, plural banúla, comparative banúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of banúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | banúil | bhanúil | banúla; bhanúla² | |
Vocative | bhanúil | banúla | ||
Genitive | banúla | banúla | banúil | |
Dative | banúil; bhanúil¹ |
bhanúil; bhanúil (archaic) |
banúla; bhanúla² | |
Comparative | níos banúla | |||
Superlative | is banúla |
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
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
banúil | bhanúil | mbanúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “banúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “banamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “banúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “banúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024