tráthúil
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish tráthamail (“timely”), corresponding to tráth (“hour, time, day, period”) + -úil.
Adjective
tráthúil (genitive singular feminine tráthúla, plural tráthúla, comparative tráthúla)
- timely, opportune
- (of speech) apt, felicitous, witty; (of a person) ready-witted, quick at repartee
Declension
Declension of tráhúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tráhúil | thráhúil | tráhúla; thráhúla² | |
| Vocative | thráhúil | tráhúla | ||
| Genitive | tráhúla | tráhúla | tráhúil | |
| Dative | tráhúil; thráhúil¹ |
thráhúil | tráhúla; thráhúla² | |
| Comparative | níos tráhúla | |||
| Superlative | is tráhúla | |||
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
- tráthúlacht (“timeliness, opportuneness; aptness; readiness of speech, wittiness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tráthúil | thráthúil | dtráthúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||