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

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	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