torthúil

Irish

Etymology

From toradh, torthaí (“fruit”) +‎ -úil (“adjectival suffix”).

Adjective

torthúil (genitive singular masculine torthúil, genitive singular feminine torthúla, plural torthúla, comparative torthúla)

1. fruitful, fertile, productive, rich

Declension

Declension of torthúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	torthúil	thorthúil	torthúla; thorthúla²
Vocative	thorthúil		torthúla
Genitive		torthúla	torthúla	torthúil
Dative	torthúil; thorthúil¹	thorthúil	torthúla; thorthúla²
Comparative	níos torthúla
Superlative	is torthúla

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

Synonyms

• méiniúil

Derived terms

• torthúlacht f (“fruitfulness, fertility, richness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
torthúil	thorthúil	dtorthúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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