deimhin
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish demin (“sure, certain, undoubted”) (compare Scottish Gaelic deimhinn), from Proto-Celtic *demenis.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
deimhin (genitive singular masculine deimhin, genitive singular feminine deimhne, plural deimhne, comparative deimhne)
Declension
Declension of deimhin
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | deimhin | dheimhin | deimhne; dheimhne² | |
Vocative | dheimhin | deimhne | ||
Genitive | deimhne | deimhne | deimhin | |
Dative | deimhin; dheimhin¹ |
dheimhin | deimhne; dheimhne² | |
Comparative | níos deimhne | |||
Superlative | is deimhne |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- (certain): deimhneach
Noun
deimhin f (genitive singular deimhne)
Declension
Declension of deimhin
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- (certainty): deimhne