"modhúil" meaning in Irish

See modhúil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmˠɞwəlʲ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From modh (“mode, manner”) + -úil. Compare Scottish Gaelic modhail. Etymology templates: {{af|ga|modh|-úil|t1=mode, manner}} modh (“mode, manner”) + -úil, {{cog|gd|modhail}} Scottish Gaelic modhail Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective||{{{gsm}}}|genitive singular feminine|modhúla||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|modhúla||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|modhúla|||altform=|head=}} modhúil (genitive singular feminine modhúla, plural modhúla, comparative modhúla), {{ga-adj|comp=modhúla|gsf=modhúla|pl=modhúla}} modhúil (genitive singular feminine modhúla, plural modhúla, comparative modhúla) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: modhúla [feminine, genitive, singular], modhúla [plural], modhúla [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], modhúil [masculine, nominative, singular], mhodhúil [feminine, nominative, singular], modhúla [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], mhodhúla [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], mhodhúil [masculine, singular, vocative], mhodhúil [feminine, singular, vocative], modhúla [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], mhodhúil [genitive, masculine, singular], modhúla [feminine, genitive, singular], modhúla [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], modhúil [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], modhúil [dative, masculine, singular], mhodhúil [dative, masculine, singular], mhodhúil [dative, feminine, singular], modhúla [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], mhodhúla [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos modhúla [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is modhúla [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], modhúil [error-unrecognized-form], mhodhúil [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form], modhamhail [alternative, obsolete], módhamhail [alternative, obsolete], modhamhuil [alternative, obsolete], módhamhuil [alternative, obsolete], modhmhail [alternative, obsolete]
  1. modest (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others) Synonyms: náireach, náiriúil, adhnáireach
    Sense id: en-modhúil-ga-adj-mc7S5PrX Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 32 0 14
  2. ladylike Synonyms: banúil
    Sense id: en-modhúil-ga-adj-u~QABXL4 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -úil, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 29 54 2 15 Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -úil: 21 49 3 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 57 0 7
  3. mannerly, gracious
    Sense id: en-modhúil-ga-adj-BfA8y-f3
  4. gentle, mild
    Sense id: en-modhúil-ga-adj-Vdtl6pDp Categories (other): Irish terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: modhúlacht

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "modhúlacht"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "modh",
        "3": "-úil",
        "t1": "mode, manner"
      },
      "expansion": "modh (“mode, manner”) + -úil",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "modhail"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic modhail",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From modh (“mode, manner”) + -úil. Compare Scottish Gaelic modhail.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "modhúla",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúla",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúla",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos modhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is modhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhamhail",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "módhamhail",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhamhuil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "módhamhuil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhmhail",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "ga",
        "10": "modhúla",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "13": "comparative",
        "14": "modhúla",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{gsm}}}",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "modhúla",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "altform": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "modhúil (genitive singular feminine modhúla, plural modhúla, comparative modhúla)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "modhúla",
        "gsf": "modhúla",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 32 0 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "modest (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "modest",
          "modest"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "náireach"
        },
        {
          "word": "náiriúil"
        },
        {
          "word": "adhnáireach"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "29 54 2 15",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 49 3 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -úil",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 57 0 7",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ladylike"
      ],
      "id": "en-modhúil-ga-adj-u~QABXL4",
      "links": [
        [
          "ladylike",
          "ladylike"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "banúil"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mannerly, gracious"
      ],
      "id": "en-modhúil-ga-adj-BfA8y-f3",
      "links": [
        [
          "mannerly",
          "mannerly"
        ],
        [
          "gracious",
          "gracious"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms with collocations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "as gentle as a lamb",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "chomh modhúil le huan caorach",
          "translation": "as gentle as a lamb",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gentle, mild"
      ],
      "id": "en-modhúil-ga-adj-Vdtl6pDp",
      "links": [
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ],
        [
          "mild",
          "mild"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɞwəlʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "modhúil"
}
{
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    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish terms suffixed with -úil",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "modhúlacht"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "modh",
        "3": "-úil",
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      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "modhail"
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From modh (“mode, manner”) + -úil. Compare Scottish Gaelic modhail.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "modhúla",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúla",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúla",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos modhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is modhúla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhúil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhodhúil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhamhail",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "módhamhail",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhamhuil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "módhamhuil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modhmhail",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "modhúla",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
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        "14": "modhúla",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{gsm}}}",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "modhúla",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
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        "altform": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "modhúil (genitive singular feminine modhúla, plural modhúla, comparative modhúla)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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        "gsf": "modhúla",
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      },
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      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
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  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "modest (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "modest",
          "modest"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "náireach"
        },
        {
          "word": "náiriúil"
        },
        {
          "word": "adhnáireach"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ladylike"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ladylike",
          "ladylike"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "banúil"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mannerly, gracious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mannerly",
          "mannerly"
        ],
        [
          "gracious",
          "gracious"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Irish terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "as gentle as a lamb",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "chomh modhúil le huan caorach",
          "translation": "as gentle as a lamb",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gentle, mild"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ],
        [
          "mild",
          "mild"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɞwəlʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "modhúil"
}

Download raw JSONL data for modhúil meaning in Irish (4.9kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'strong noun'",
  "path": [
    "modhúil"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "modhúil",
  "trace": ""
}

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

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: modhúil/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "modhúil"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "modhúil",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "modhúil"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "modhúil",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "modhúil"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "modhúil",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.