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ádhúil
ádhúil
Irish
Alternative forms
- ádhamhail
- ádhmhail
Adjective
ádhúil (genitive singular feminine ádhúla, plural ádhúla, comparative ádhúla)
Declension
Declension of ádhúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ádhúil | ádhúil¹ | ádhúla³ | |
| Vocative | ádhúil¹ | ádhúla | ||
| Genitive | ádhúil¹ (archaic) ádhúla¹ |
ádhúla | ádhúla | ádhúil |
| Dative | ádhúil² | ádhúil¹ | ádhúla³ | |
| Comparative | níos ádhúla | |||
| Superlative | is ádhúla | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Antonyms
- mí-ádhúil (“unlucky, unfortunate”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ádhúil | n-ádhúil | hádhúil | t-ádhúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “áḋṁail” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 20.
- "ádhúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.