flaithiúil

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish flaithemail (“princely, munificent”).[1] By surface analysis, flaith +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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flaithiúil (genitive singular masculine flaithiúil, genitive singular feminine flaithiúla, plural flaithiúla, comparative flaithiúla)

  1. princely
  2. munificent, lavish, generous
    Synonym: flaithiúlach
  3. hospitable

Declension

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Declension of flaithiúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative flaithiúil fhlaithiúil flaithiúla;
fhlaithiúla²
Vocative fhlaithiúil flaithiúla
Genitive flaithiúla flaithiúla flaithiúil
Dative flaithiúil;
fhlaithiúil¹ 		fhlaithiúil flaithiúla;
fhlaithiúla²
Comparative níos flaithiúla
Superlative is flaithiúla

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

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  • flaithiúlacht f (“princeliness; munificence, lavishness, generosity”)

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
flaithiúil fhlaithiúil bhflaithiúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “flaithemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 114

Further reading

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