saoithiúil
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish suíthemail. By surface analysis, saoi + -úil.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]saoithiúil (genitive singular feminine saoithiúla, plural saoithiúla, comparative saoithiúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of saoithiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | saoithiúil | shaoithiúil | saoithiúla; shaoithiúla² | |
| Vocative | shaoithiúil | saoithiúla | ||
| Genitive | saoithiúla | saoithiúla | saoithiúil | |
| Dative | saoithiúil; shaoithiúil¹ |
shaoithiúil | saoithiúla; shaoithiúla² | |
| Comparative | níos saoithiúla | |||
| Superlative | is saoithiúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| saoithiúil | shaoithiúil after an, tsaoithiúil |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 51
Further reading
[edit]- “saoithiúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “suíthemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “saoiṫeaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 594
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saoithiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN