scanrúil
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- scannramhail, scannrúil, scanramhail, sgannramhail, sgannramhuil, sgannrúil, sganramhail, sganramhuil (obsolete)
- scanraitheach
Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]scanrúil (genitive singular feminine scanrúla, plural scanrúla, comparative scanrúla)
- frightful (full of that which causes fright), frightening, scary, fearsome, fearful, formidable, grisly, terrifying
- Synonym: scéiniúil
- startling
- easily frightened, fearful
- Synonym: faiteach
- greedy [with chun ‘for’]
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | scanrúil | scanrúil | scanrúla; scanrúla2 | |
vocative | scanrúil | scanrúla | ||
genitive | scanrúla | scanrúla | scanrúil | |
dative | scanrúil; scanrúil1 |
scanrúil | scanrúla; scanrúla2 | |
Comparative | níos scanrúla | |||
Superlative | is scanrúla |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Further reading
[edit]- “scanrúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “scanrúil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scanrúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN