pianúil

Irish

Etymology

From pian (“pain; punishment, penalty”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

pianúil (genitive singular masculine pianúil, genitive singular feminine pianúla, plural pianúla, comparative pianúla)

1. punitive, penal
2. Alternative form of pianmhar (“painful”)

Declension

Declension of pianúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	pianúil	phianúil	pianúla; phianúla²
Vocative	phianúil		pianúla
Genitive		pianúla	pianúla	pianúil
Dative	pianúil; phianúil¹	phianúil	pianúla; phianúla²
Comparative	níos pianúla
Superlative	is pianúla

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pianúil	phianúil	bpianúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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