ádhúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• ádhamhail, ádhmhail

Etymology

From ádh (“luck”) +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːwʊl/, /ˈɑːwəl/

Adjective

ádhúil (genitive singular masculine ádhúil, genitive singular feminine ádhúla, plural ádhúla, comparative ádhúla)

1. lucky, fortunate

   Antonym: mí-ádhúil

Declension

Declension of ádhúil

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	ádhúil	ádhúil	ádhúla
vocative	ádhúil		ádhúla
genitive		ádhúla	ádhúla	ádhúil
dative	ádhúil	ádhúil	ádhúla
Comparative	níos ádhúla
Superlative	is ádhúla

Mutation

Mutated forms of ádhúil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ádhúil	n-ádhúil	hádhúil	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ádhúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “áḋaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 5
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “áḋṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 8; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 20