dleathach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish dligthech (“lawful; reasonable”); by surface analysis, dlí + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]dleathach (genitive singular masculine dleathaigh, genitive singular feminine dleathaí, plural dleathacha, comparative dleathaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dleathach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | dleathach | dhleathach | dleathacha; dhleathacha² | |
Vocative | dhleathaigh | dleathacha | ||
Genitive | dleathaí | dleathacha | dleathach | |
Dative | dleathach; dhleathach¹ |
dhleathach; dhleathaigh (archaic) |
dleathacha; dhleathacha² | |
Comparative | níos dleathaí | |||
Superlative | is dleathaí |
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]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dleathach | dhleathach | ndleathach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- “dleathach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dligthech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dliġeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 247
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dleathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN