bodachúil
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From bodach (“boor; lout”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
bodachúil (genitive singular masculine bodachúil, genitive singular feminine bodachúla, plural bodachúla, comparative bodachúla)
- Alternative form of bodúil
Declension[edit]
Declension of bodachúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bodachúil | bhodachúil | bodachúla; bhodachúla² | |
| Vocative | bhodachúil | bodachúla | ||
| Genitive | bodachúla | bodachúla | bodachúil | |
| Dative | bodachúil; bhodachúil¹ |
bhodachúil | bodachúla; bhodachúla² | |
| Comparative | níos bodachúla | |||
| Superlative | is bodachúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bodachúil | bhodachúil | mbodachúil |
| 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) “bodachúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN