From Middle Irish barántamail. By surface analysis, baránta (“warranty”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
barántúil (genitive singular masculine barántúil, genitive singular feminine barántúla, plural barántúla, comparative barántúla)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | barántúil | bharántúil | barántúla; bharántúla² | |
Vocative | bharántúil | barántúla | ||
Genitive | barántúla | barántúla | barántúil | |
Dative | barántúil; bharántúil¹ |
bharántúil | barántúla; bharántúla² | |
Comparative | níos barántúla | |||
Superlative | is barántúla |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
barántúil | bharántúil | mbarántúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |