torthúil

Irish

Etymology

From toradh, torthaí (“fruit”) +‎ -úil (“adjectival suffix”).

Adjective

torthúil (genitive singular masculine torthúil, genitive singular feminine torthúla, plural torthúla, comparative torthúla)

  1. fruitful, fertile, productive, rich

Declension

Declension of torthúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative torthúil thorthúil torthúla;
thorthúla2
vocative thorthúil torthúla
genitive torthúla torthúla torthúil
dative torthúil;
thorthúil1 		thorthúil torthúla;
thorthúla2
Comparative níos torthúla
Superlative is torthúla

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of torthúil
radical lenition eclipsis
torthúil thorthúil dtorthúil

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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