deachúil

Irish

Etymology

From deich +‎ -úil.

Adjective

deachúil (genitive singular masculine deachúil, genitive singular feminine deachúla, plural deachúla, not comparable)

1. (arithmetic) decimal

   Synonym: deachúlach

Declension

Declension of deachúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	deachúil	dheachúil	deachúla; dheachúla²
Vocative	dheachúil		deachúla
Genitive		deachúla	deachúla	deachúil
Dative	deachúil; dheachúil¹	dheachúil	deachúla; dheachúla²
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.

Noun

deachúil f (genitive singular deachúla, nominative plural deachúlacha)

1. (arithmetic) decimal

Declension

Declension of deachúil

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative deachúil deachúlacha Vocative a dheachúil a dheachúlacha Genitive deachúla deachúlacha Dative deachúil deachúlacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an deachúil na deachúlacha Genitive na deachúla na ndeachúlacha Dative leis an deachúil don deachúil leis na deachúlacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deachúil	dheachúil	ndeachúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deachúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “deachúil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “deachúil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.