débheathach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dé- (“di-, bi-, duo-”) + beatha (“life”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]débheathach (genitive singular masculine débheathaigh, genitive singular feminine débheathaí, plural débheathacha, not comparable)
- amphibian
- Synonym: amfaibiach
- amphibious
- Synonyms: amfaibiach, loscánta
Declension
[edit]Declension of débheathach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | débheathach | dhébheathach | débheathacha; dhébheathacha² | |
Vocative | dhébheathaigh | débheathacha | ||
Genitive | débheathaí | débheathacha | débheathach | |
Dative | débheathach; dhébheathach¹ |
dhébheathach; dhébheathaigh (archaic) |
débheathacha; dhébheathacha² | |
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
[edit]débheathach m (genitive singular débheathaigh, nominative plural débheathaigh)
- amphibian
- Synonym: amfaibiach
Declension
[edit]Declension of débheathach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
débheathach | dhébheathach | ndébheathach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ “débheathach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dá-ḃeaṫaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 219
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “débheathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃-
- Irish terms prefixed with dé-
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Irish uncomparable adjectives
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Amphibians