dea-labhartha
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- dea-labharthach, deaslabhartha
- deaghlabhartha, deagh-labhartha, deaghlabharthach, deagh-labharthach, deigh-labhartha (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dea-labhartha
- well-spoken, eloquent
- Synonym: dea-bhriathrach
Declension
[edit]Declension of dealabhartha
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dealabhartha | dhealabhartha | dealabhartha; dhealabhartha² | |
| Vocative | dhealabhartha | dealabhartha | ||
| Genitive | dealabhartha | dealabhartha | dealabhartha | |
| Dative | dealabhartha; dhealabhartha¹ |
dhealabhartha | dealabhartha; dhealabhartha² | |
| Comparative | níos dealabhartha | |||
| Superlative | is dealabhartha | |||
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dea-labhartha | dhea-labhartha | ndea-labhartha |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “dea-labhartha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deaġ-laḃarṫaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 227
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dea-labhartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 82
