flaithiúlach
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Irish flaithiúlach.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
flaithiúlach (comparative more flaithiúlach, superlative most flaithiúlach)
- (Ireland) Generous (often in an ironic sense).
- Dan has always been very flaithiúlach with his money.
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From flaithiúil (“princely, munificent, lavish, generous, hospitable”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
flaithiúlach (genitive singular masculine flaithiúlaigh, genitive singular feminine flaithiúlaí, plural flaithiúlacha, comparative flaithiúlaí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of flaithiúlach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 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.
Related terms[edit]
- flaithiúlacht f (“princeliness; munificence, lavishness, generosity”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| flaithiúlach | fhlaithiúlach | bhflaithiúlach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “flaithiúlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN