daonnachtúil

Irish

Alternative forms

daonnachtach

Etymology

From daonnacht (“humanity; humaneness, kindliness”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

daonnachtúil (genitive singular masculine daonnachtúil, genitive singular feminine daonnachtúla, plural daonnachtúla, comparative daonnachtúla)

humane, kindly
generous, philanthropic

Declension

Declension of daonnachtúil

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	daonnachtúil	dhaonnachtúil	daonnachtúla; dhaonnachtúla²
Vocative	dhaonnachtúil	dhaonnachtúil	daonnachtúla
Genitive	dhaonnachtúil	daonnachtúla	daonnachtúla	daonnachtúil
Dative	daonnachtúil; dhaonnachtúil¹	dhaonnachtúil	daonnachtúla; dhaonnachtúla²
Comparative	níos daonnachtúla
Superlative	is daonnachtúla

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

mídhaonnachtúil (“inhumane”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
daonnachtúil	dhaonnachtúil	ndaonnachtúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daonnachtúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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