báúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bá (“sympathy, liking”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

báúil (genitive singular masculine báúil, genitive singular feminine báúla, plural báúla, comparative báúla)

  1. sympathetic, well-disposed

Declension

Declension of báúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative báúil bháúil báúla;
bháúla²
Vocative bháúil báúla
Genitive báúla báúla báúil
Dative báúil;
bháúil¹ 		bháúil báúla;
bháúla²
Comparative níos báúla
Superlative is báúla

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

  • báúlacht f (“sympathy, friendly disposition”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
báúil bháúil mbáúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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