deachúlach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]deachúlach (genitive singular masculine deachúlaigh, genitive singular feminine deachúlaí, plural deachúlacha, not comparable)
- (arithmetic) decimal
- Synonym: deachúil
Declension
[edit]Declension of deachúlach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | deachúlach | dheachúlach | deachúlacha; dheachúlacha² | |
Vocative | dheachúlaigh | deachúlacha | ||
Genitive | deachúlaí | deachúlacha | deachúlach | |
Dative | deachúlach; dheachúlach¹ |
dheachúlach; dheachúlaigh (archaic) |
deachúlacha; dheachúlacha² | |
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.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
deachúlach | dheachúlach | ndeachúlach |
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) “deachúlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deachúlach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “deachúlach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024