flaithiúil
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish flaithemail (“princely, munificent”). By surface analysis, flaith + -úil.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
flaithiúil (genitive singular masculine flaithiúil, genitive singular feminine flaithiúla, plural flaithiúla, comparative flaithiúla)
- princely
- munificent, lavish, generous
- Synonym: flaithiúlach
- hospitable
Declension
Declension of flaithiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | flaithiúil | fhlaithiúil | flaithiúla; fhlaithiúla² | |
| Vocative | fhlaithiúil | flaithiúla | ||
| Genitive | flaithiúla | flaithiúla | flaithiúil | |
| Dative | flaithiúil; fhlaithiúil¹ |
fhlaithiúil | flaithiúla; fhlaithiúla² | |
| Comparative | níos flaithiúla | |||
| Superlative | is flaithiúla | |||
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
- flaithiúlacht f (“princeliness; munificence, lavishness, generosity”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| flaithiúil | fhlaithiúil | bhflaithiúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “flaithiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “flaithemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “flaiṫeaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 319
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “flaithiúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “flaithiúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28