patuar

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

patuar (genitive singular masculine patuair, genitive singular feminine patuaire, plural patuara, comparative patuaire)

1. lukewarm; apathetic, indifferent (i (“to”))

Declension

Declension of patuar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	patuar	phatuar	patuara; phatuara²
Vocative	phatuair		patuara
Genitive		patuare	patuara	patuar
Dative	patuar; phatuar¹	phatuar; phatuair (archaic)	patuara; phatuara²
Comparative	níos patuare
Superlative	is patuare

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• (apathetic): fuar, fuarchúiseach, marbh, suanach
• (lukewarm, indifferent): fuarbhruite, fuarspreosach, lagspreosach

Related terms

• patuaire f (“tepidity; apathy”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “patuar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN