torthúil

Irish

Etymology

From toradh, torthaí (“fruit”) +‎ -úil (“adjectival suffix”).

Adjective

torthúil (genitive singular masculine torthúil, genitive singular feminine torthúla, plural torthúla, comparative torthúla)

fruitful, fertile, productive, rich

Declension

Declension of torthúil

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	torthúil	thorthúil	torthúla; thorthúla²
Vocative	thorthúil	thorthúil	torthúla
Genitive	thorthúil	torthúla	torthúla	torthúil
Dative	torthúil; thorthúil¹	thorthúil	torthúla; thorthúla²
Comparative	níos torthúla
Superlative	is torthúla

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

Synonyms

méiniúil

Derived terms

torthúlacht f (“fruitfulness, fertility, richness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
torthúil	thorthúil	dtorthúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"torthúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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