bisiúil

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Irish

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Etymology

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Adjective

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bisiúil (genitive singular masculine bisiúil, genitive singular feminine bisiúla, plural bisiúla, comparative bisiúla)

  1. productive
  2. fecund, prolific
    Synonym: torthúil

Declension

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Declension of bisiúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative bisiúil bhisiúil bisiúla;
bhisiúla2
vocative bhisiúil bisiúla
genitive bisiúla bisiúla bisiúil
dative bisiúil;
bhisiúil1 		bhisiúil bisiúla;
bhisiúla2
Comparative níos bisiúla
Superlative is bisiúla

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

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  • bisiúlacht f (“productivity; fecundity, prolificacy”)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of bisiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
bisiúil bhisiúil mbisiúil

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

Further reading

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