daonnachtúil
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From daonnacht (“humanity; humaneness, kindliness”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
daonnachtúil (genitive singular masculine daonnachtúil, genitive singular feminine daonnachtúla, plural daonnachtúla, comparative daonnachtúla)
Declension[edit]
Declension of daonnachtúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | daonnachtúil | dhaonnachtúil | daonnachtúla; dhaonnachtúla² | |
| Vocative | dhaonnachtúil | daonnachtúla | ||
| Genitive | daonnachtúla | daonnachtúla | daonnachtúil | |
| Dative | daonnachtúil; dhaonnachtúil¹ |
dhaonnachtúil | daonnachtúla; dhaonnachtúla² | |
| Comparative | níos daonnachtúla | |||
| Superlative | is daonnachtúla | |||
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[edit]
- mídhaonnachtúil (“inhumane”, adjective)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| daonnachtúil | dhaonnachtúil | ndaonnachtúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daonnachtúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN