torthúil
Irish
Etymology
From toradh, torthaí (“fruit”) + -úil (“adjectival suffix”).
Adjective
torthúil (genitive singular masculine torthúil, genitive singular feminine torthúla, plural torthúla, comparative torthúla)
- fruitful, fertile, productive, rich
Declension
Declension of torthúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 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
- méiniúil
Derived terms
- torthúlacht f (“fruitfulness, fertility, richness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| torthúil | thorthúil | dtorthúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "torthúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.