torthúil
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From toradh, torthaí (“fruit”) + -úil (“adjectival suffix”).
Adjective edit
torthúil (genitive singular masculine torthúil, genitive singular feminine torthúla, plural torthúla, comparative torthúla)
Declension edit
Declension of torthúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | torthúil | thorthúil | torthúla; thorthúla² | |
| Vocative | thorthúil | torthúla | ||
| Genitive | torthúla | torthúla | torthúil | |
| Dative | torthúil; thorthúil¹ |
thorthúil | torthúla; thorthúla² | |
| Comparative | níos torthúla | |||
| Superlative | is torthúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- torthúlacht f (“fruitfulness, fertility, richness”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| torthúil | thorthúil | dtorthúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “torthúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN