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 | 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
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.
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