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flaithiúlach
flaithiúlach
English
Adjective
flaithiúlach (not comparable)
- (Ireland, idiomatic) generous (often in an ironic sense).
- Dan has always been very flaithiúlach with his money.
Irish
Etymology
From flaithiúil (“princely, munificent, lavish, generous, hospitable”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
flaithiúlach (genitive singular masculine flaithiúlaigh, genitive singular feminine flaithiúlaí, plural flaithiúlacha, comparative flaithiúlaí)
Declension
Declension of flaithiúlach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | flaithiúlach | flaithiúlach¹ | flaithiúlacha³ | |
| Vocative | flaithiúlaigh¹ | flaithiúlach¹ | flaithiúlacha | |
| Genitive | flaithiúlaigh¹ | flaithiúlaí (obsolete) flaithiúlaighe |
flaithiúlacha | flaithiúlach |
| Dative | flaithiúlach² | flaithiúlach¹ (archaic) flaithiúlaigh¹ |
flaithiúlacha³ | |
| Comparative | flaithiúlaí (obsolete) flaithiúlaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- flaithiúlacht f (“princeliness; munificence, lavishness, generosity”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| flaithiúlach | fhlaithiúlach | bhflaithiúlach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "flaithiúlach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.