aithriúil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish aithremail, from Old Irish athramail.[2] By surface analysis, athair (father) +‎ -úil.

Adjective

aithriúil (genitive singular masculine aithriúil, genitive singular feminine aithriúla, plural aithriúla, comparative aithriúla)

  1. fatherly

Declension

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

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aithriúil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aithriúil n-aithriúil haithriúil not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ aithriúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithremail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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