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Definition 2025
báúil
báúil
Irish
Adjective
báúil (genitive singular masculine báúil, genitive singular feminine báúla, plural báúla, comparative báúla)
Declension
Declension of báúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | báúil | báúil¹ | báúla³ | |
| Vocative | báúil¹ | báúla | ||
| Genitive | báúil¹ (archaic) báúla¹ |
báúla | báúla | báúil |
| Dative | báúil² | báúil¹ | báúla³ | |
| Comparative | níos báúla | |||
| Superlative | is báúla | |||
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.
Derived terms
- báúlacht f (“sympathy, friendly disposition”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| báúil | bháúil | mbáúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "báúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.