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patuar
patuar
Irish
Adjective
patuar (genitive singular masculine patuair, genitive singular feminine patuaire, plural patuara, comparative patuaire)
- lukewarm; apathetic, indifferent (i (“to”))
Declension
Declension of patuar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | patuar | patuar¹ | patuara³ | |
| Vocative | patuair¹ | patuar¹ | patuara | |
| Genitive | patuair¹ | patuaire | patuara | patuar |
| Dative | patuar² | patuar¹; (archaic) patuair¹ |
patuara³ | |
| Comparative | patuaire | |||
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.
Synonyms
- (apathetic): fuar, fuarchúiseach, marbh, suanach
- (lukewarm, indifferent): fuarbhruite, fuarspreosach, lagspreosach
Related terms
- patuaire f (“tepidity; apathy”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| patuar | phatuar | bpatuar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "patuar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.