patuar

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

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

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

Declension

Declension of patuar
Positive singular plural
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

  • patuaire f (“tepidity; apathy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of patuar
radical lenition eclipsis
patuar phatuar bpatuar

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

References

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