dechmad

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dekametos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲexṽað/

Adjective

Old Irish ordinal numbers

<  9th	10th	20th  >
Cardinal : deich     Ordinal : dechmad

dechmad

1. tenth

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dechmad	dechmad	dechmad
Vocative	dechmaid* dechmad**
Accusative	dechmad	dechmaid
Genitive	dechmaid	dechmaide	dechmaid
Dative	dechmad	dechmaid	dechmad
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	dechmaid	dechmada
Vocative	dechmadu dechmada†
Accusative	dechmadu dechmada†
Genitive	dechmad
Dative	dechmadaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dechmad	dechmad pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndechmad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dechmad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language