tráthúil
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish tráthamail (“timely”). By surface analysis, tráth (“hour, time, day, period”) + -úil.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /tˠr̪ˠɑː.ˈhuːlʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈtˠɾˠɑː.huːlʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtˠɾˠaː.hulʲ/
Adjective edit
tráthúil (genitive singular feminine tráthúla, plural tráthúla, comparative tráthúla)
- timely, opportune
- apt, felicitous, witty; (of a person) quickwitted, ready-witted, quick at repartee (of speech)
Declension edit
Declension of tráthúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tráthúil | thráthúil | tráthúla; thráthúla² | |
| Vocative | thráthúil | tráthúla | ||
| Genitive | tráthúla | tráthúla | tráthúil | |
| Dative | tráthúil; thráthúil¹ |
thráthúil | tráthúla; thráthúla² | |
| Comparative | níos tráthúla | |||
| Superlative | is tráthúla | |||
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
- tráthúlacht (“timeliness, opportuneness; aptness; readiness of speech, wittiness”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tráthúil | thráthúil | dtráthúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||