déanach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish dédenach, dídenach (“last, final (in time or succession); last up to the present, recent”), from díden f (“end”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːn̪ˠəx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːnˠəx/, /ˈdʲeːn̪ˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːnˠa(x)/, /ˈdʲeːn̪ˠa(x)/
Adjective
[edit]déanach (genitive singular masculine déanaigh, genitive singular feminine déanaí, plural déanacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of déanach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | déanach | dhéanach | déanacha; dhéanacha² | |
| Vocative | dhéanaigh | déanacha | ||
| Genitive | déanaí | déanacha | déanach | |
| Dative | déanach; dhéanach¹ |
dhéanach; dhéanaigh (archaic) |
déanacha; dhéanacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| déanach | dhéanach | ndéanach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “déidenach, dídenach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60
