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
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

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
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