dathúil
Irish
Alternative forms
- dathamhail (superseded)
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
dathúil (genitive singular feminine dathúla, plural dathúla, comparative dathúla)
- colorful
- attractive, beautiful, bonny, comely, dishy, dreamy, fine, fine-looking, fit, good-looking, handsome, nice-looking, pretty, spunky, toothsome
- generous
Declension
Declension of dathúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dathúil | dhathúil | dathúla; dhathúla² | |
| Vocative | dhathúil | dathúla | ||
| Genitive | dathúla | dathúla | dathúil | |
| Dative | dathúil; dhathúil¹ |
dhathúil | dathúla; dhathúla² | |
| Comparative | níos dathúla | |||
| Superlative | is dathúla | |||
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
- dathúlacht f (“good looks, comeliness, beauty; generosity”)
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dathamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Template:R:ga:Dinneen
- Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1975, The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway, The Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies, p. xi.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dathúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN