míghnaíúil

Irish

Etymology

From mí- (negative prefix) +‎ gnaíúil (“beautiful, comely; decent, generous”).

Adjective

míghnaíúil (genitive singular masculine míghnaíúil, genitive singular feminine míghnaíúla, plural míghnaíúla, comparative míghnaíúla)

1. ill-favored, uncomely, unprepossessing
2. ungenerous, mean
3. ugly, unattractive, plain

Declension

Declension of míghnaíúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	míghnaíúil	mhíghnaíúil	míghnaíúla; mhíghnaíúla2
vocative	mhíghnaíúil		míghnaíúla
genitive		míghnaíúla	míghnaíúla	míghnaíúil
dative	míghnaíúil; mhíghnaíúil1	mhíghnaíúil	míghnaíúla; mhíghnaíúla2
Comparative	níos míghnaíúla
Superlative	is míghnaíúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of míghnaíúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
míghnaíúil	mhíghnaíúil	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míghnaíúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN