meisciúil

Irish

Etymology

From meisce (“drunkenness”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

meisciúil (genitive singular masculine meisciúil, genitive singular feminine meisciúla, plural meisciúla, comparative meisciúla)

1. intoxicating
2. drunken, addicted to drinking

Declension

Declension of meisciúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	meisciúil	mheisciúil	meisciúla; mheisciúla2
vocative	mheisciúil		meisciúla
genitive		meisciúla	meisciúla	meisciúil
dative	meisciúil; mheisciúil1	mheisciúil	meisciúla; mheisciúla2
Comparative	níos meisciúla
Superlative	is meisciúla

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

Derived terms

• neamh-mheisciúil (“non-intoxicating; sober”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of meisciúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meisciúil	mheisciúil	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) “meisciúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN