beathúil
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From beatha (“life”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
beathúil (genitive singular masculine beathúil, genitive singular feminine beathúla, plural beathúla, comparative beathúla)
- nourishing, nutritious
- Alternative form of beathach
Declension edit
Declension of beathúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | beathúil | bheathúil | beathúla; bheathúla² | |
| Vocative | bheathúil | beathúla | ||
| Genitive | 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 edit
- fórsa beathúil (“vital force”)
Mutation edit
| 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. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beathúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “beathúil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “beathúil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.