díthairbheach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- díothairbheach, díotharbhach, dítharbhach
- dío-thairbheach, dío-tharbhach, dí-thairbheach, dí-tharbhach (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish dítharbach. By surface analysis, dí- + tairbheach, itself from tairbhe + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]díthairbheach (genitive singular masculine díthairbhigh, genitive singular feminine díthairbhí, plural díthairbheacha, comparative díthairbhí)
- profitless, unprofitable
- Synonym: neamhshochrach
Declension
[edit]Declension of díthairbheach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | díthairbheach | dhíthairbheach | díthairbheacha; dhíthairbheacha² | |
Vocative | dhíthairbhigh | díthairbheacha | ||
Genitive | díthairbhí | díthairbheacha | díthairbheach | |
Dative | díthairbheach; dhíthairbheach¹ |
dhíthairbheach; dhíthairbhigh (archaic) |
díthairbheacha; dhíthairbheacha² | |
Comparative | níos díthairbhí | |||
Superlative | is díthairbhí |
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 |
díthairbheach | dhíthairbheach | ndíthairbheach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dítharbach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 82
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dío-ṫarḃaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 245
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “dí-ṫairḃeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “díthairbheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyh₂- (strike)
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms prefixed with dí-
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives