cuideachtúil
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cuideachta (“company, companionship; social amusement, fun”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]cuideachtúil (genitive singular masculine cuideachtúil, genitive singular feminine cuideachtúla, plural cuideachtúla, comparative cuideachtúla)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | cuideachtúil | chuideachtúil | cuideachtúla; chuideachtúla2 | |
vocative | chuideachtúil | cuideachtúla | ||
genitive | cuideachtúla | cuideachtúla | cuideachtúil | |
dative | cuideachtúil; chuideachtúil1 |
chuideachtúil | cuideachtúla; chuideachtúla2 | |
Comparative | níos cuideachtúla | |||
Superlative | is cuideachtúla |
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
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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cuideachtúil | chuideachtúil | gcuideachtúil |
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]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuideachtúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuideachtúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cuideachtúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024