dea-chumtha

Irish

Alternative forms

• dea-chúmhtha
• deagh-chumhtha, deagh-chúmhtha (obsolete)

Etymology

From dea- +‎ cumtha

Adjective

dea-chumtha

1. shapely, well-shaped, comely
2. (computing, linguistics) well-formed

Declension

Declension of dea-chumtha

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	dea-chumtha	dhea-chumtha	dea-chumtha; dhea-chumtha²
Vocative	dhea-chumtha		dea-chumtha
Genitive		dea-chumtha	dea-chumtha	dea-chumtha
Dative	dea-chumtha; dhea-chumtha¹	dhea-chumtha	dea-chumtha; dhea-chumtha²
Comparative	níos dea-chumtha
Superlative	is dea-chumtha

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dea-chumtha	dhea-chumtha	ndea-chumtha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “dea-chumtha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deaġ-ċúṁṫa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 227
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dea-chumtha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN