déanach
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish déidenach, dídenach (“last, final (in time or succession); last up to the present, recent”), from díden f (“end”).
Adjective
déanach (genitive singular masculine déanaigh, genitive singular feminine déanaí, plural déanacha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of déanach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | déanach | dhéanach | déanacha; dhéanacha² | |
Vocative | dhéanaigh | déanacha | ||
Genitive | déanaí | déanacha | déanach | |
Dative | déanach; dhéanach¹ |
dhéanach; dhéanaigh (archaic) |
déanacha; dhéanacha² | |
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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
déanach | dhéanach | ndéanach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “déidenach, dídenach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language