sneachtúil

Irish

Alternative forms

sneachtamhail (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish snechtamail.^[1] By surface analysis, sneachta (“snow”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃnʲaxˈt̪ˠuːlʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃnʲaxt̪ˠuːlʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃnʲaxt̪ˠulʲ/

Adjective

sneachtúil (genitive singular masculine sneachtúil, genitive singular feminine sneachtúla, plural sneachtúla, comparative sneachtúla)

snowy
Synonyms: sneachtach, sneachtaí

Declension

Declension of sneachtúil

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	sneachtúil	shneachtúil	sneachtúla; shneachtúla²
Vocative	shneachtúil	shneachtúil	sneachtúla
Genitive	shneachtúil	sneachtúla	sneachtúla	sneachtúil
Dative	sneachtúil; shneachtúil¹	shneachtúil	sneachtúla; shneachtúla²
Comparative	níos sneachtúla
Superlative	is sneachtúla

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

ulchabhán sneachtúil (“snowy owl”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sneachtúil	shneachtúil after an, tsneachtúil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snechtamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language