patuar

Irish

Etymology

Adjective

patuar (genitive singular masculine patuair, genitive singular feminine patuaire, plural patuara, comparative patuaire)

  1. lukewarm; apathetic, indifferent (i (“to”))

Declension
Declension of patuar
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative patuar phatuar patuara;
phatuara²
Vocative phatuair patuara
Genitive patuare patuara patuar
Dative patuar;
phatuar¹		 phatuar;
phatuair (archaic)		 patuara;
phatuara²
Comparative níos patuare
Superlative is patuare

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms
  • (apathetic): fuar, fuarchúiseach, marbh, suanach
  • (lukewarm, indifferent): fuarbhruite, fuarspreosach, lagspreosach
  • 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
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