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dathúil

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

dath +‎ -úil

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

dathúil (genitive singular feminine dathúla, plural dathúla, comparative dathúla)

  1. colorful
  2. attractive, beautiful, good-looking
  3. generous

Declension edit

Declension of dathúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative dathúil dhathúil dathúla;
dhathúla²
Vocative dhathúil dathúla
Genitive dathúla dathúla dathúil
Dative dathúil;
dhathúil¹ 		dhathúil dathúla;
dhathúla²
Comparative níos dathúla
Superlative is dathúla

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

  • dathúlacht f (“good looks, comeliness, beauty; generosity”)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dathúil dhathúil ndathúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page xi

Further reading edit

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