ádhúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• ádhamhail, ádhmhail

Etymology

From ádh (“luck”) +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːwʊl/, /ˈɑːwəl/

Adjective

ádhúil (genitive singular masculine ádhúil, genitive singular feminine ádhúla, plural ádhúla, comparative ádhúla)

1. lucky, fortunate

   Antonym: mí-ádhúil

Declension

Declension of ádhúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ádhúil	ádhúil	ádhúla
vocative	ádhúil		ádhúla
genitive		ádhúla	ádhúla	ádhúil
dative	ádhúil	ádhúil	ádhúla
Comparative	níos ádhúla
Superlative	is ádhúla

Mutation

Mutated forms of ádhúil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ádhúil	n-ádhúil	hádhúil	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ádhúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “áḋaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 5
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “áḋṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 20