barántúil
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish barántamail; synchronically, baránta (“warranty”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
barántúil (genitive singular masculine barántúil, genitive singular feminine barántúla, plural barántúla, comparative barántúla)
Declension
Declension of barántúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | barántúil | bharántúil | barántúla; bharántúla² | |
| Vocative | bharántúil | barántúla | ||
| Genitive | barántúla | barántúla | barántúil | |
| Dative | barántúil; bharántúil¹ |
bharántúil | barántúla; bharántúla² | |
| Comparative | níos barántúla | |||
| Superlative | is barántúla | |||
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
- barántúlacht f (“trustworthiness”)
Mutation
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “barántúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “barántamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language