fáidhiúil
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish fáidemail (“prophetic; having prophetic powers”, adjective), from fáith; equivalent to fáidh + -úil.
Adjective
[edit]fáidhiúil (genitive singular masculine fáidhiúil, genitive singular feminine fáidhiúla, plural fáidhiúla, comparative fáidhiúla)
- prophetic
- Synonyms: tairngeartach, fáistineach
- wise, sagacious
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | fáidhiúil | fháidhiúil | fáidhiúla; fháidhiúla2 | |
| vocative | fháidhiúil | fáidhiúla | ||
| genitive | fáidhiúla | fáidhiúla | fáidhiúil | |
| dative | fáidhiúil; fháidhiúil1 |
fháidhiúil | fáidhiúla; fháidhiúla2 | |
| Comparative | níos fáidhiúla | |||
| Superlative | is fáidhiúla | |||
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]- fáidhiúlacht (“prophetic quality; sagaciousness”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| fáidhiúil | fháidhiúil | bhfáidhiúil |
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) “fáidhiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “prophetic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáidemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fáidhiúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm