drúisiúil
Irish
Alternative forms
- drúiseamhail (superseded)
Etymology
From Old Irish drúisemail. By surface analysis, drúis (“lust”) + -úil. Compare Scottish Gaelic drùiseil.
Adjective
drúisiúil (genitive singular masculine drúisiúil, genitive singular feminine drúisiúla, plural drúisiúla, comparative drúisiúla)
Declension
Declension of drúisiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | drúisiúil | dhrúisiúil | drúisiúla; dhrúisiúla² | |
| Vocative | dhrúisiúil | drúisiúla | ||
| Genitive | drúisiúla | drúisiúla | drúisiúil | |
| Dative | drúisiúil; dhrúisiúil¹ |
dhrúisiúil | drúisiúla; dhrúisiúla² | |
| Comparative | níos drúisiúla | |||
| Superlative | is drúisiúla | |||
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
- drúisiúlacht (“lustfulness, lasciviousness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| drúisiúil | dhrúisiúil | ndrúisiúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “drúisemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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