deisceartach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]deisceartach (genitive singular masculine deisceartaigh, genitive singular feminine deisceartaí, plural deisceartacha, comparative deisceartaí)
- (geography) southern, austral
- Antonym: tuaisceartach
Declension
[edit]Declension of deisceartach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | deisceartach | dheisceartach | deisceartacha; dheisceartacha² | |
Vocative | dheisceartaigh | deisceartacha | ||
Genitive | deisceartaí | deisceartacha | deisceartach | |
Dative | deisceartach; dheisceartach¹ |
dheisceartach; dheisceartaigh (archaic) |
deisceartacha; dheisceartacha² | |
Comparative | níos deisceartaí | |||
Superlative | is deisceartaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]deisceartach m (genitive singular deisceartaigh, nominative plural deisceartaigh)
- southerner
- Antonym: tuaisceartach
Declension
[edit]Declension of deisceartach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
deisceartach | dheisceartach | ndeisceartach |
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) “deisceartach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deisceartach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “deisceartach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024