"-úil" meaning in Irish

See -úil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Middle Irish -amail (compare Manx -oil, Scottish Gaelic -ail, -eil), from Old Irish -amail. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|-amail}} Middle Irish -amail, {{cog|gv|-oil}} Manx -oil, {{cog|gd|-ail}} Scottish Gaelic -ail, {{inh|ga|sga|-amail}} Old Irish -amail Head templates: {{head|ga|suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes|cat3=|g=|g2=}} -úil, {{ga-suffix|a}} -úil Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -úil [masculine, nominative, singular], -úil [feminine, nominative, singular], -úla [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], -úil [masculine, singular, vocative], -úil [feminine, singular, vocative], -úla [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], -úil [genitive, masculine, singular], -úla [feminine, genitive, singular], -úla [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], -úil [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], -úil [dative, masculine, singular], -úil [dative, feminine, singular], -úla [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos -úla [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is -úla [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], -iúil [alternative], -amhail [alternative], -eamhail [alternative]
  1. Used to form many adjective forms from nouns in Irish, the adjectives having the sense of "like or characteristic of what is denoted by the noun". Similar to English -ly. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--úil-ga-suffix-F-cl9Ndi Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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        "1": "ga",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish -amail",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "-oil"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx -oil",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "-ail"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic -ail",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "-amail"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish -amail",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish -amail (compare Manx -oil, Scottish Gaelic -ail, -eil), from Old Irish -amail.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úil",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos -úla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is -úla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iúil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-amhail",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-eamhail",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "adjective-forming suffixes",
        "cat3": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-úil",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "-úil",
      "name": "ga-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "fear (“man”) + -úil → fearúil (“manly”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cairde (“friends”) + -úil → cairdiúil (“friendly”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Used to form many adjective forms from nouns in Irish, the adjectives having the sense of \"like or characteristic of what is denoted by the noun\". Similar to English -ly."
      ],
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          "-ly",
          "-ly"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "-oil"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx -oil",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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    }
  ],
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-úla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos -úla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is -úla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iúil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-amhail",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-eamhail",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "g2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-úil",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "-úil",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Irish adjective-forming suffixes",
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish suffixes",
        "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "fear (“man”) + -úil → fearúil (“manly”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cairde (“friends”) + -úil → cairdiúil (“friendly”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form many adjective forms from nouns in Irish, the adjectives having the sense of \"like or characteristic of what is denoted by the noun\". Similar to English -ly."
      ],
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        ],
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          "-ly",
          "-ly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-úil"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -úil meaning in Irish (3.3kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "-úil"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-úil",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "-úil"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-úil",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'strong noun'",
  "path": [
    "-úil"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-úil",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'weak noun'",
  "path": [
    "-úil"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-úil",
  "trace": ""
}

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