fothainiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fothanúil, fuithiniúil
  • foithineamhail, fothaineamhail, fothanamhail, fuithineamhail (superseded)[1]

Etymology

From fothain +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠɔhɪˈnʲuːlʲ/, /fˠihɪnʲuːlʲ/ (corresponding to the form fuithiniúil)[2]

Adjective

fothainiúil (genitive singular feminine fothainiúla, plural fothainiúla, comparative fothainiúla)

  1. sheltered
  2. sheltering

Declension

Declension of fothainiúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative fothainiúil fhothainiúil fothainiúla;
fhothainiúla2
vocative fhothainiúil fothainiúla
genitive fothainiúla fothainiúla fothainiúil
dative fothainiúil;
fhothainiúil1 		fhothainiúil fothainiúla;
fhothainiúla2
Comparative níos fothainiúla
Superlative is fothainiúla

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

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fothainiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
fothainiúil fhothainiúil bhfothainiúil

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

References

  1. ^ “fothainiúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 292, page 148

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