ordúil
Irish
Alternative forms
- órdamhail (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish ordamail; synchronically ord (“order”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
ordúil (genitive singular masculine ordúil, genitive singular feminine ordúla, plural ordúla, comparative ordúla)
- orderly, neat; ordered
- Synonym: ordaithe
- Antonyms: mí-ordúil, neamhordúil
Declension
Declension of ordúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ordúil | ordúil | ordúla | |
| Vocative | ordúil | ordúla | ||
| Genitive | ordúla | ordúla | ordúil | |
| Dative | ordúil | ordúil | ordúla | |
| Comparative | níos ordúla | |||
| Superlative | is ordúla | |||
Derived terms
- ordúlacht f (“orderliness, neatness, tidiness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ordúil | n-ordúil | hordúil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ordúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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