postúil

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

postúil (genitive singular masculine postúil, genitive singular feminine postúla, plural postúla, comparative postúla)

1. self-important, conceited

   Synonyms: mórchúiseach, mórluachach

Declension

Declension of postúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	postúil	phostúil	postúla; phostúla2
vocative	phostúil		postúla
genitive		postúla	postúla	postúil
dative	postúil; phostúil1	phostúil	postúla; phostúla2
Comparative	níos postúla
Superlative	is postúla

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

Related terms

• postúlacht f (“self-importance, conceit”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of postúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
postúil	phostúil	bpostúil

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “postúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “postúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “postúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024