déshiollach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dé- (“bi-, di-”) + siolla (“syllable”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]déshiollach (genitive singular masculine déshiollaigh, genitive singular feminine déshiollaí, plural déshiollacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of déshiollach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | déshiollach | dhéshiollach | déshiollacha; dhéshiollacha² | |
Vocative | dhéshiollaigh | déshiollacha | ||
Genitive | déshiollaí | déshiollacha | déshiollach | |
Dative | déshiollach; dhéshiollach¹ |
dhéshiollach; dhéshiollaigh (archaic) |
déshiollacha; dhéshiollacha² | |
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]déshiollach m (genitive singular déshiollaigh, nominative plural déshiollaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of déshiollach
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 |
déshiollach | dhéshiollach | ndéshiollach |
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) “déshiollach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “déshiollach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “déshiollach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024