deacht

See also: déacht

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

deacht m (genitive singular deachta, nominative plural deachtanna)

1. dictum

Declension

Declension of deacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative deacht deachtanna Vocative a dheacht a dheachtanna Genitive deachta deachtanna Dative deacht deachtanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an deacht na deachtanna Genitive an deachta na ndeachtanna Dative leis an deacht don deacht leis na deachtanna

Related terms

• deachtóir m (“dictator”)

Etymology 2

See deachtaigh.

Verb

deacht (present analytic deachtann, future analytic deachtfaidh, verbal noun deachtadh, past participle deachta)

1. (transitive) Alternative form of deachtaigh (“indite, compose; direct, instruct; dictate”)

Conjugation

conjugation of deacht (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	deachtaim	deachtann tú; deachtair†	deachtann sé, sí	deachtaimid	deachtann sibh	deachtann siad; deachtaid†	a dheachtann; a dheachtas / a ndeachtann*; a ndeachtas*	deachtar
	past	dheacht mé; dheachtas	dheacht tú; dheachtais	dheacht sé, sí	dheachtamar; dheacht muid	dheacht sibh; dheachtabhair	dheacht siad; dheachtadar	a dheacht / ar dheacht*	deachtadh
	past habitual	dheachtainn / ndeachtainn‡‡	dheachtá / ndeachtᇇ	dheachtadh sé, sí / ndeachtadh sé, s퇇	dheachtaimis; dheachtadh muid / ndeachtaimis‡‡; ndeachtadh muid‡‡	dheachtadh sibh / ndeachtadh sibh‡‡	dheachtaidís; dheachtadh siad / ndeachtaidís‡‡; ndeachtadh siad‡‡	a dheachtadh / a ndeachtadh*	dheachtaí / ndeachta퇇
future		deachtfaidh mé; deachtfad	deachtfaidh tú; deachtfair†	deachtfaidh sé, sí	deachtfaimid; deachtfaidh muid	deachtfaidh sibh	deachtfaidh siad; deachtfaid†	a dheachtfaidh; a dheachtfas / a ndeachtfaidh*; a ndeachtfas*	deachtfar
conditional		dheachtfainn / ndeachtfainn‡‡	dheachtfá / ndeachtfᇇ	dheachtfadh sé, sí / ndeachtfadh sé, s퇇	dheachtfaimis; dheachtfadh muid / ndeachtfaimis‡‡; ndeachtfadh muid‡‡	dheachtfadh sibh / ndeachtfadh sibh‡‡	dheachtfaidís; dheachtfadh siad / ndeachtfaidís‡‡; ndeachtfadh siad‡‡	a dheachtfadh / a ndeachtfadh*	dheachtfaí / ndeachtfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go ndeachta mé; go ndeachtad†	go ndeachta tú; go ndeachtair†	go ndeachta sé, sí	go ndeachtaimid; go ndeachta muid	go ndeachta sibh	go ndeachta siad; go ndeachtaid†	—	go ndeachtar
	past	dá ndeachtainn	dá ndeachtá	dá ndeachtadh sé, sí	dá ndeachtaimis; dá ndeachtadh muid	dá ndeachtadh sibh	dá ndeachtaidís; dá ndeachtadh siad	—	dá ndeachtaí
imperative		deachtaim	deacht	deachtadh sé, sí	deachtaimis	deachtaigí; deachtaidh†	deachtaidís	—	deachtar
verbal noun		deachtadh
past participle		deachta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deacht	dheacht	ndeacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Old Irish

Etymology

From día +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲe.axt/

Noun

deacht f

1. godliness, divinity
2. godhead
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 25^c5

     Foillsigthir as n‑ísel in doínacht íar n‑aicniud húare as in deacht foda·raithmine⟨dar⟩ ⁊ noda·fortachtaigedar.

     It is made clear that the humanity is lowly according to nature because it is the Godhead that remembers it and helps it

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	deachtL	—	—
Vocative	deachtL	—	—
Accusative	deachtaN	—	—
Genitive	deachtaeH	—	—
Dative	deachtaL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
deacht	deacht pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndeacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language