flaithiúlach
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Irish flaithiúlach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]flaithiúlach (comparative more flaithiúlach, superlative most flaithiúlach)
- (Ireland) Generous (often in an ironic sense).
- Dan has always been very flaithiúlach with his money.
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From flaithiúil (“princely, munificent, lavish, generous, hospitable”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]flaithiúlach (genitive singular masculine flaithiúlaigh, genitive singular feminine flaithiúlaí, plural flaithiúlacha, comparative flaithiúlaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of flaithiúlach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | flaithiúlach | fhlaithiúlach | flaithiúlacha; fhlaithiúlacha² | |
Vocative | fhlaithiúlaigh | flaithiúlacha | ||
Genitive | flaithiúlaí | flaithiúlacha | flaithiúlach | |
Dative | flaithiúlach; fhlaithiúlach¹ |
fhlaithiúlach; fhlaithiúlaigh (archaic) |
flaithiúlacha; fhlaithiúlacha² | |
Comparative | níos flaithiúlaí | |||
Superlative | is flaithiúlaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- flaithiúlacht f (“princeliness; munificence, lavishness, generosity”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
flaithiúlach | fhlaithiúlach | bhflaithiúlach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “flaithiúlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN