dligheach

Irish

Adjective

dligheach (genitive singular masculine dlighigh, genitive singular feminine dlighí, plural dligheacha, comparative dlighí)

1. Alternative form of dleathach

Declension

Declension of dligheach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	dligheach	dhligheach	dligheacha; dhligheacha²
Vocative	dhlighigh		dligheacha
Genitive		dlighí	dligheacha	dligheach
Dative	dligheach; dhligheach¹	dhligheach; dhlighigh (archaic)	dligheacha; dhligheacha²
Comparative	níos dlighí
Superlative	is dlighí

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
dligheach	dhligheach	ndligheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dligthech (“lawful; reasonable”); by surface analysis, dlighe +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲli.əx/

Adjective

dligheach

1. lawful, rightful, legitimate

Derived terms

• ain-dligheach

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
dligheach	dhligheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.