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) | |||
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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 | ||
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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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deighilteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “deighilteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024