tráthúil

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tráthamail (“timely”). By surface analysis, tráth (“hour, time, day, period”) +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tráthúil (genitive singular feminine tráthúla, plural tráthúla, comparative tráthúla)

  1. timely, opportune
  2. apt, felicitous, witty; (of a person) quickwitted, ready-witted, quick at repartee (of speech)

Declension

Declension of tráthúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative tráthúil thráthúil tráthúla;
thráthúla2
vocative thráthúil tráthúla
genitive tráthúla tráthúla tráthúil
dative tráthúil;
thráthúil1 		thráthúil tráthúla;
thráthúla2
Comparative níos tráthúla
Superlative is tráthúla

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

  • tráthúlacht (“timeliness, opportuneness; aptness; readiness of speech, wittiness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tráthúil
radical lenition eclipsis
tráthúil thráthúil dtráthúil

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

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