deichniúr

Irish

deichniúr

From Middle Irish dechnebor, dechneabur, from Old Irish dechenbor.[1]

deichniúr m (genitive singular deichniúir, nominative plural deichniúir) (triggers no mutation)

a group of ten people
Cailleadh deichniúr saighdiúirí sa chath. ― Ten soldiers died in the battle.
decade (series of ten Hail Marys in the Rosary)

Generally used with the genitive plural when referring to human beings; also sometimes used with other nouns, especially if the things they denote are being personified.

Declension of deichniúr

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an deichniúr	na deichniúir
Genitive	an deichniúir	na ndeichniúr
Dative	leis an deichniúr don deichniúr	leis na deichniúir

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deichniúr	dheichniúr	ndeichniúr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “deichenbor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deiċneaḃar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 233
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deichniúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “deichniúr” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “deichniúr” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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