From Middle Irish aithremail, from Old Irish athramail. By surface analysis, athair (“father”) + -úil.
aithriúil (genitive singular masculine aithriúil, genitive singular feminine aithriúla, plural aithriúla, comparative aithriúla)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | aithriúil | aithriúil | aithriúla | |
vocative | aithriúil | aithriúla | ||
genitive | aithriúla | aithriúla | aithriúil | |
dative | aithriúil | aithriúil | aithriúla | |
Comparative | níos aithriúla | |||
Superlative | is aithriúla |
radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
---|---|---|---|
aithriúil | n-aithriúil | haithriúil | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.