meonúil

Irish

Etymology

From meon (“mind, disposition; character, temperament”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

meonúil (genitive singular masculine meonúil, genitive singular feminine meonúla, plural meonúla, comparative meonúla)

  1. whimsical, fanciful, capricious
  2. particular, fastidious
  3. Alternative form of méiniúil (“well-disposed, kind, friendly; fruitful, fertile”)

Declension
Declension of meonúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative meonúil mheonúil meonúla;
mheonúla²
Vocative mheonúil meonúla
Genitive meonúla meonúla meonúil
Dative meonúil;
mheonúil¹		 mheonúil meonúla;
mheonúla²
Comparative níos meonúla
Superlative is meonúla

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
meonúil mheonúil not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 13

Further reading
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