flaithiúlach

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish flaithiúlach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [flæˈhuːləx]

Adjective

flaithiúlach (comparative more flaithiúlach, superlative most flaithiúlach)

  1. (Ireland) Generous (often in an ironic sense).
    Dan has always been very flaithiúlach with his money.

Irish

Etymology

From flaithiúil (“princely, munificent, lavish, generous, hospitable”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

flaithiúlach (genitive singular masculine flaithiúlaigh, genitive singular feminine flaithiúlaí, plural flaithiúlacha, comparative flaithiúlaí)

  1. lavish, generous

Declension

Declension of flaithiúlach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative flaithiúlach fhlaithiúlach flaithiúlacha;
fhlaithiúlacha2
vocative fhlaithiúlaigh flaithiúlacha
genitive flaithiúlaí flaithiúlacha flaithiúlach
dative flaithiúlach;
fhlaithiúlach1 		fhlaithiúlach;
fhlaithiúlaigh (archaic) 		flaithiúlacha;
fhlaithiúlacha2
Comparative níos flaithiúlaí
Superlative is flaithiúlaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

  • flaithiúlacht f (“princeliness; munificence, lavishness, generosity”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of flaithiúlach
radical lenition eclipsis
flaithiúlach fhlaithiúlach bhflaithiúlach

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

References

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