tráthúil

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tráthamail (“timely”). By surface analysis, tráth (“hour, time, day, period”) +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /tˠr̪ˠɑː.ˈhuːlʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈtˠɾˠɑː.huːlʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtˠɾˠaː.hulʲ/

Adjective

tráthúil (genitive singular feminine tráthúla, plural tráthúla, comparative tráthúla)

  1. timely, opportune
  2. apt, felicitous, witty; (of a person) quickwitted, ready-witted, quick at repartee (of speech)

Declension
Declension of tráthúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative tráthúil thráthúil tráthúla;
thráthúla²
Vocative thráthúil tráthúla
Genitive tráthúla tráthúla tráthúil
Dative tráthúil;
thráthúil¹		 thráthúil tráthúla;
thráthúla²
Comparative níos tráthúla
Superlative is tráthúla

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
  • tráthúlacht (“timeliness, opportuneness; aptness; readiness of speech, wittiness”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tráthúil thráthúil dtráthúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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