flaithiúlach

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish flaithiúlach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

flaithiúlach (comparative more flaithiúlach, superlative most flaithiúlach)

  1. (Ireland) Generous (often in an ironic sense).
    Dan has always been very flaithiúlach with his money.

Irish

Etymology

From flaithiúil (“princely, munificent, lavish, generous, hospitable”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

flaithiúlach (genitive singular masculine flaithiúlaigh, genitive singular feminine flaithiúlaí, plural flaithiúlacha, comparative flaithiúlaí)

  1. lavish, generous

Declension

Declension of flaithiúlach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative flaithiúlach fhlaithiúlach flaithiúlacha;
fhlaithiúlacha²
Vocative fhlaithiúlaigh flaithiúlacha
Genitive flaithiúlaí flaithiúlacha flaithiúlach
Dative flaithiúlach;
fhlaithiúlach¹ 		fhlaithiúlach;
fhlaithiúlaigh (archaic) 		flaithiúlacha;
fhlaithiúlacha²
Comparative níos flaithiúlaí
Superlative is flaithiúlaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
flaithiúlach fhlaithiúlach bhflaithiúlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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