ádhúil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • ádhamhail, ádhmhail

Etymology

From ádh (“luck”) +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɑːwʊl/, /ˈɑːwəl/

Adjective

ádhúil (genitive singular masculine ádhúil, genitive singular feminine ádhúla, plural ádhúla, comparative ádhúla)

  1. lucky, fortunate
    Antonym: mí-ádhúil

Declension

Declension of ádhúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ádhúil ádhúil ádhúla
vocative ádhúil ádhúla
genitive ádhúla ádhúla ádhúil
dative ádhúil ádhúil ádhúla
Comparative níos ádhúla
Superlative is ádhúla

Mutation

Mutated forms of ádhúil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ádhúil n-ádhúil hádhúil 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

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ádhúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “áḋaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 5
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “áḋṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 8; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 20
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