postúil
Irish
editEtymology
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Adjective
editpostúil (genitive singular masculine postúil, genitive singular feminine postúla, plural postúla, comparative postúla)
- self-important, conceited
- Synonyms: mórchúiseach, mórluachach
Declension
edit| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | postúil | phostúil | postúla; phostúla2 | |
| vocative | phostúil | postúla | ||
| genitive | postúla | postúla | postúil | |
| dative | postúil; phostúil1 |
phostúil | postúla; phostúla2 | |
| Comparative | níos postúla | |||
| Superlative | is postúla | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
edit- postúlacht f (“self-importance, conceit”)
Mutation
edit| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| postúil | phostúil | bpostúil |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “postúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “postúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “postúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024