tráthúil

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tráthamail (“timely”). By surface analysis, tráth (“hour, time, day, period”) +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /tˠr̪ˠɑː.ˈhuːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈtˠɾˠɑː.huːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtˠɾˠaː.hulʲ/

Adjective

tráthúil (genitive singular feminine tráthúla, plural tráthúla, comparative tráthúla)

1. timely, opportune
2. apt, felicitous, witty; (of a person) quickwitted, ready-witted, quick at repartee (of speech)

Declension

Declension of tráthúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	tráthúil	thráthúil	tráthúla; thráthúla2
vocative	thráthúil		tráthúla
genitive		tráthúla	tráthúla	tráthúil
dative	tráthúil; thráthúil1	thráthúil	tráthúla; thráthúla2
Comparative	níos tráthúla
Superlative	is tráthúla

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

• tráthúlacht (“timeliness, opportuneness; aptness; readiness of speech, wittiness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tráthúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tráthúil	thráthúil	dtráthúil

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