flaithiúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish flaithemail (“princely, munificent”).[1] By surface analysis, flaith +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

Adjective

flaithiúil (genitive singular masculine flaithiúil, genitive singular feminine flaithiúla, plural flaithiúla, comparative flaithiúla)

  1. princely
  2. munificent, lavish, generous
    Synonym: flaithiúlach
  3. hospitable

Declension

Declension of flaithiúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative flaithiúil fhlaithiúil flaithiúla;
fhlaithiúla2
vocative fhlaithiúil flaithiúla
genitive flaithiúla flaithiúla flaithiúil
dative flaithiúil;
fhlaithiúil1 		fhlaithiúil flaithiúla;
fhlaithiúla2
Comparative níos flaithiúla
Superlative is flaithiúla

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

  • flaithiúlacht f (“princeliness; munificence, lavishness, generosity”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of flaithiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
flaithiúil fhlaithiúil bhflaithiúil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “flaithemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 114

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