torthúil
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom toradh, torthaí (“fruit”) + -úil (“adjectival suffix”).
Adjective
edittorthúil (genitive singular masculine torthúil, genitive singular feminine torthúla, plural torthúla, comparative torthúla)
Declension
editDeclension of torthúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
editDerived terms
edit- torthúlacht f (“fruitfulness, fertility, richness”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “torthúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN