saoithiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• saoitheamhail, saoitheamhuil, saothamhail, saothamhuil

Etymology

From Middle Irish suíthemail. By surface analysis, saoi +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːhwəlʲ/

Adjective

saoithiúil (genitive singular feminine saoithiúla, plural saoithiúla, comparative saoithiúla)

1. funny, strange, peculiar

   Synonyms: aisteach, ait, éagsúlach

2. learned, wise
3. skilled, accomplished
4. pleasant, entertaining

Declension

Declension of saoithiúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	saoithiúil	shaoithiúil	saoithiúla; shaoithiúla2
vocative	shaoithiúil		saoithiúla
genitive		saoithiúla	saoithiúla	saoithiúil
dative	saoithiúil; shaoithiúil1	shaoithiúil	saoithiúla; shaoithiúla2
Comparative	níos saoithiúla
Superlative	is saoithiúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of saoithiúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saoithiúil	shaoithiúil after an, tsaoithiúil	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

• “saoithiúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “suíthemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “saoiṫeaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 594
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saoithiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN