beathúil

Irish

Etymology

From beatha (“life”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

beathúil (genitive singular masculine beathúil, genitive singular feminine beathúla, plural beathúla, comparative beathúla)

nourishing, nutritious
Alternative form of beathach

Declension

Declension of *beathúil*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	beathúil	bheathúil	beathúla; bheathúla²
vocative	bheathúil	bheathúil	beathúla
genitive	bheathúil	beathúla	beathúla	beathúil
dative	beathúil; bheathúil¹	bheathúil	beathúla; bheathúla²
Comparative	níos beathúla
Superlative	is beathúla

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

fórsa beathúil (“vital force”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *beathúil*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
beathúil	bheathúil	mbeathúil

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