aithriúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• aithreamhail (superseded)
• athairiúil, atharúil

Etymology

From Middle Irish aithremail, from Old Irish athramail. By surface analysis, athair (“father”) +‎ -úil.

Adjective

aithriúil (genitive singular masculine aithriúil, genitive singular feminine aithriúla, plural aithriúla, comparative aithriúla)

1. fatherly

Declension

Declension of aithriúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aithriúil	aithriúil	aithriúla
Vocative	aithriúil		aithriúla
Genitive		aithriúla	aithriúla	aithriúil
Dative	aithriúil	aithriúil	aithriúla
Comparative	níos aithriúla
Superlative	is aithriúla

Coordinate terms

• máithriúil (“motherly”, adjective)

Derived terms

• mí-aithriúil (“unfatherly”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aithriúil	n-aithriúil	haithriúil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithremail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aiṫreaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 22
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aithriúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN