cuideachtúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• cuideachtamhail (obsolete)

Etymology

From cuideachta (“company, companionship; social amusement, fun”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cuideachtúil (genitive singular masculine cuideachtúil, genitive singular feminine cuideachtúla, plural cuideachtúla, comparative cuideachtúla)

1. companionable, sociable, gregarious

Declension

Declension of cuideachtúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cuideachtúil	chuideachtúil	cuideachtúla; chuideachtúla²
Vocative	chuideachtúil		cuideachtúla
Genitive		cuideachtúla	cuideachtúla	cuideachtúil
Dative	cuideachtúil; chuideachtúil¹	chuideachtúil	cuideachtúla; chuideachtúla²
Comparative	níos cuideachtúla
Superlative	is cuideachtúla

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

• cuideachtúlacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuideachtúil	chuideachtúil	gcuideachtúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuideachtúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuideachtúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cuideachtúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024