barántúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• barántamhail (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish barántamail. By surface analysis, baránta (“warranty”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

barántúil (genitive singular masculine barántúil, genitive singular feminine barántúla, plural barántúla, comparative barántúla)

1. trustworthy
2. authentic

Declension

Declension of barántúil

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	barántúil	bharántúil	barántúla; bharántúla2
vocative	bharántúil		barántúla
genitive		barántúla	barántúla	barántúil
dative	barántúil; bharántúil1	bharántúil	barántúla; bharántúla2
Comparative	níos barántúla
Superlative	is barántúla

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

• barántúlacht f (“trustworthiness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of barántúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
barántúil	bharántúil	mbarántúil

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) “barántúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “barántamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language