flaithiúlach

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish flaithiúlach.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [flæˈhuːləx]

Adjective

flaithiúlach (not comparable)

  1. (Ireland) 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)

  1. lavish, generous

Declension
Declension of flaithiúlach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative flaithiúlach fhlaithiúlach flaithiúlacha;
fhlaithiúlacha²
Vocative fhlaithiúlaigh flaithiúlacha
Genitive flaithiúlaí flaithiúlacha flaithiúlach
Dative flaithiúlach;
fhlaithiúlach¹		 fhlaithiúlach;
fhlaithiúlaigh (archaic)		 flaithiúlacha;
fhlaithiúlacha²
Comparative níos flaithiúlaí
Superlative is flaithiúlaí

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

  • 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
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