flaithiúlach

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish flaithiúlach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [flæˈhuːləx]

Adjective

flaithiúlach (comparative more flaithiúlach, superlative most flaithiúlach)

1. (Ireland) Generous (often in an ironic sense).

   Dan has always been very flaithiúlach with his money.

Irish

Etymology

From flaithiúil (“princely, munificent, lavish, generous, hospitable”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

flaithiúlach (genitive singular masculine flaithiúlaigh, genitive singular feminine flaithiúlaí, plural flaithiúlacha, comparative flaithiúlaí)

1. lavish, generous

Declension

Declension of flaithiúlach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	flaithiúlach	fhlaithiúlach	flaithiúlacha; fhlaithiúlacha²
Vocative	fhlaithiúlaigh		flaithiúlacha
Genitive		flaithiúlaí	flaithiúlacha	flaithiúlach
Dative	flaithiúlach; fhlaithiúlach¹	fhlaithiúlach; fhlaithiúlaigh (archaic)	flaithiúlacha; fhlaithiúlacha²
Comparative	níos flaithiúlaí
Superlative	is flaithiúlaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• flaithiúlacht f (“princeliness; munificence, lavishness, generosity”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
flaithiúlach	fhlaithiúlach	bhflaithiúlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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