cuideachtúil
Irish
Etymology
From cuideachta (“company, companionship; social amusement, fun”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
cuideachtúil (genitive singular masculine cuideachtúil, genitive singular feminine cuideachtúla, plural cuideachtúla, comparative cuideachtúla)
Declension
Declension of cuideachtúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cuideachtúil | chuideachtúil | cuideachtúla; chuideachtúla² | |
| Vocative | chuideachtúil | cuideachtúla | ||
| Genitive | cuideachtúla | cuideachtúla | cuideachtúil | |
| Dative | cuideachtúil; chuideachtúil¹ |
chuideachtúil | cuideachtúla; chuideachtúla² | |
| Comparative | níos cuideachtúla | |||
| Superlative | is cuideachtúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cuideachtúil | chuideachtúil | gcuideachtúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuideachtúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuideachtúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cuideachtúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024