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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish aithremail, from Old Irish athramail. By surface analysis, athair (“father”) + -úil.
Adjective
aithriúil (genitive singular masculine aithriúil, genitive singular feminine aithriúla, plural aithriúla, comparative aithriúla)
- fatherly
Declension
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Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aithriúil
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n-aithriúil
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haithriúil
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithremail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aiṫreaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 22
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aithriúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN