míghnaíúil

Irish

Etymology

From mí- (negative prefix) +‎ gnaíúil (“beautiful, comely; decent, generous”).

Adjective

míghnaíúil (genitive singular masculine míghnaíúil, genitive singular feminine míghnaíúla, plural míghnaíúla, comparative míghnaíúla)

  1. ill-favored, uncomely, unprepossessing
  2. ungenerous, mean
  3. ugly, unattractive, plain

Declension
Declension of míghnaíúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative míghnaíúil mhíghnaíúil míghnaíúla;
mhíghnaíúla²
Vocative mhíghnaíúil míghnaíúla
Genitive míghnaíúla míghnaíúla míghnaíúil
Dative míghnaíúil;
mhíghnaíúil¹		 mhíghnaíúil míghnaíúla;
mhíghnaíúla²
Comparative níos míghnaíúla
Superlative is míghnaíúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
míghnaíúil mhíghnaíúil not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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