deighilteach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
deighilteach (genitive singular masculine deighiltigh, genitive singular feminine deighiltí, plural deighilteacha, comparative deighiltí)
- causing separation, division; segmental; disjunctive
- brittle, soft; incohesive
- shy of company, odd (of person)
Declension[edit]
Declension of deighilteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | deighilteach | dheighilteach | deighilteacha; dheighilteacha² | |
| Vocative | dheighiltigh | deighilteacha | ||
| Genitive | deighiltí | deighilteacha | deighilteach | |
| Dative | deighilteach; dheighilteach¹ |
dheighilteach; dheighiltigh (archaic) |
deighilteacha; dheighilteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos deighiltí | |||
| Superlative | is deighiltí | |||
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 |
| deighilteach | dheighilteach | ndeighilteach |
| 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) “deighilteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “deighilteach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “deighilteach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.