conúil

See also: cónúil

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish conamail (“houndlike”); synchronically cú, con (“hound”) +‎ -úil.

Adjective

conúil (genitive singular feminine conúla, plural conúla, comparative conúla)

  1. doglike, doggish

Declension
Declension of conúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative conúil chonúil conúla;
chonúla²
Vocative chonúil conúla
Genitive conúla conúla conúil
Dative conúil;
chonúil¹		 chonúil conúla;
chonúla²
Comparative níos conúla
Superlative is conúla

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
conúil chonúil gconúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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