aithriúil
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish aithremail, from Old Irish athramail. By surface analysis, athair (“father”) + -úil.
Adjective
[edit]aithriúil (genitive singular masculine aithriúil, genitive singular feminine aithriúla, plural aithriúla, comparative aithriúla)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | aithriúil | aithriúil | aithriúla | |
| vocative | aithriúil | aithriúla | ||
| genitive | aithriúla | aithriúla | aithriúil | |
| dative | aithriúil | aithriúil | aithriúla | |
| Comparative | níos aithriúla | |||
| Superlative | is aithriúla | |||
Coordinate terms
[edit]- máithriúil (“motherly”, adjective)
Derived terms
[edit]- mí-aithriúil (“unfatherly”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| aithriúil | n-aithriúil | haithriúil | 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
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithremail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aiṫreaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 22
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aithriúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN