patuar
Irish
editEtymology
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Adjective
editpatuar (genitive singular masculine patuair, genitive singular feminine patuaire, plural patuara, comparative patuaire)
- lukewarm; apathetic, indifferent (i (“to”))
Declension
editDeclension of patuar
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | patuar | phatuar | patuara; phatuara² | |
Vocative | phatuair | patuara | ||
Genitive | patuare | patuara | patuar | |
Dative | patuar; phatuar¹ |
phatuar; phatuair (archaic) |
patuara; phatuara² | |
Comparative | níos patuare | |||
Superlative | is patuare |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
edit- (apathetic): fuar, fuarchúiseach, marbh, suanach
- (lukewarm, indifferent): fuarbhruite, fuarspreosach, lagspreosach
Related terms
edit- patuaire f (“tepidity; apathy”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
patuar | phatuar | bpatuar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “patuar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN