báúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• báidheamhail, báidheamhuil, báidhiúl (obsolete)
• bádhmhar, bámhar

Etymology

From bá (“sympathy, liking”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

báúil (genitive singular masculine báúil, genitive singular feminine báúla, plural báúla, comparative báúla)

1. sympathetic, well-disposed

Declension

Declension of báúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	báúil	bháúil	báúla; bháúla2
vocative	bháúil		báúla
genitive		báúla	báúla	báúil
dative	báúil; bháúil1	bháúil	báúla; bháúla2
Comparative	níos báúla
Superlative	is báúla

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

• báúlacht f (“sympathy, friendly disposition”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of báúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
báúil	bháúil	mbáúil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN