beathúil

Irish

Etymology

From beatha (“life”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

beathúil (genitive singular masculine beathúil, genitive singular feminine beathúla, plural beathúla, comparative beathúla)

  1. nourishing, nutritious
  2. alternative form of beathach

Declension

Declension of beathúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative beathúil bheathúil beathúla;
bheathúla2
vocative bheathúil beathúla
genitive beathúla beathúla beathúil
dative beathúil;
bheathúil1 		bheathúil beathúla;
bheathúla2
Comparative níos beathúla
Superlative is beathúla

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

  • fórsa beathúil (“vital force”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of beathúil
radical lenition eclipsis
beathúil bheathúil mbeathúil

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

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