báúil
Irish
Alternative forms
- báidheamhail, báidheamhuil, báidhiúl (obsolete)
- bádhmhar, bámhar
Adjective
báúil (genitive singular masculine báúil, genitive singular feminine báúla, plural báúla, comparative báúla)
Declension
Declension of báúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | báúil | bháúil | báúla; bháúla² | |
| Vocative | bháúil | báúla | ||
| Genitive | báúla | báúla | báúil | |
| Dative | báúil; bháúil¹ |
bháúil | báúla; bháúla² | |
| Comparative | níos báúla | |||
| Superlative | is báúla | |||
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
- báúlacht f (“sympathy, friendly disposition”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| báúil | bháúil | mbáúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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