báúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• báidheamhail, báidheamhuil, báidhiúl (obsolete)
• bádhmhar, bámhar

Etymology

From bá (“sympathy, liking”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

báúil (genitive singular masculine báúil, genitive singular feminine báúla, plural báúla, comparative báúla)

1. sympathetic, well-disposed

Declension

Declension of báúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	báúil	bháúil	báúla; bháúla²
Vocative	bháúil		báúla
Genitive		báúla	báúla	báúil
Dative	báúil; bháúil¹	bháúil	báúla; bháúla²
Comparative	níos báúla
Superlative	is báúla

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

• 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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN