torthúil

Irish

Etymology

From toradh, torthaí (“fruit”) +‎ -úil (“adjectival suffix”).

Adjective

torthúil (genitive singular masculine torthúil, genitive singular feminine torthúla, plural torthúla, comparative torthúla)

1. fruitful, fertile, productive, rich

Declension

Declension of torthúil

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	torthúil	thorthúil	torthúla; thorthúla2
vocative	thorthúil		torthúla
genitive		torthúla	torthúla	torthúil
dative	torthúil; thorthúil1	thorthúil	torthúla; thorthúla2
Comparative	níos torthúla
Superlative	is torthúla

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

Synonyms

• méiniúil

Derived terms

• torthúlacht f (“fruitfulness, fertility, richness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of torthúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
torthúil	thorthúil	dtorthúil

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “torthúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN