deimhneach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]deimhneach (genitive singular masculine deimhnigh, genitive singular feminine deimhní, plural deimhneacha, comparative deimhní)
Declension
[edit]Declension of deimhneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | deimhneach | dheimhneach | deimhneacha; dheimhneacha² | |
| Vocative | dheimhnigh | deimhneacha | ||
| Genitive | deimhní | deimhneacha | deimhneach | |
| Dative | deimhneach; dheimhneach¹ |
dheimhneach; dheimhnigh (archaic) |
deimhneacha; dheimhneacha² | |
| Comparative | níos deimhní | |||
| Superlative | is deimhní | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| deimhneach | dheimhneach | ndeimhneach |
| 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) “deimhneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deimhneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “deimhneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024