tráthúil
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish tráthamail (“timely”). By surface analysis, tráth (“hour, time, day, period”) + -úil.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /tˠr̪ˠɑː.ˈhuːlʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈtˠɾˠɑː.huːlʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtˠɾˠaː.hulʲ/
Adjective
[edit]tráthúil (genitive singular feminine tráthúla, plural tráthúla, comparative tráthúla)
- timely, opportune
- apt, felicitous, witty; (of a person) quickwitted, ready-witted, quick at repartee (of speech)
Declension
[edit]Declension of tráthúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | tráthúil | thráthúil | tráthúla; thráthúla² | |
Vocative | thráthúil | tráthúla | ||
Genitive | tráthúla | tráthúla | tráthúil | |
Dative | tráthúil; thráthúil¹ |
thráthúil | tráthúla; thráthúla² | |
Comparative | níos tráthúla | |||
Superlative | is tráthúla |
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
[edit]- tráthúlacht (“timeliness, opportuneness; aptness; readiness of speech, wittiness”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tráthúil | thráthúil | dtráthúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |