beathúil

Irish

Etymology

From beatha (“life”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

beathúil (genitive singular masculine beathúil, genitive singular feminine beathúla, plural beathúla, comparative beathúla)

nourishing, nutritious
Alternative form of beathach

Declension

Declension of beathúil

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	beathúil	bheathúil	beathúla; bheathúla²
Vocative	bheathúil	bheathúil	beathúla
Genitive	bheathúil	beathúla	beathúla	beathúil
Dative	beathúil; bheathúil¹	bheathúil	beathúla; bheathúla²
Comparative	níos beathúla
Superlative	is beathúla

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

fórsa beathúil (“vital force”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beathúil	bheathúil	mbeathúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.