diúltach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

diúltach (genitive singular masculine diúltaigh, genitive singular feminine diúltaí, plural diúltacha, comparative diúltaí)

  1. inclined to deny or refuse
  2. negative

Declension
Declension of diúltach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative diúltach dhiúltach diúltacha;
dhiúltacha²
Vocative dhiúltaigh diúltacha
Genitive diúltaí diúltacha diúltach
Dative diúltach;
dhiúltach¹		 dhiúltach;
dhiúltaigh (archaic)		 diúltacha;
dhiúltacha²
Comparative níos diúltaí
Superlative is diúltaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

diúltach m (genitive singular diúltaigh, nominative plural diúltaigh)

  1. (grammar, electricity) negative

Declension
Declension of diúltach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative diúltach diúltaigh
Vocative a dhiúltaigh a dhiúltacha
Genitive diúltaigh diúltach
Dative diúltach diúltaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an diúltach na diúltaigh
Genitive an diúltaigh na ndiúltach
Dative leis an diúltach

don diúltach

 leis na diúltaigh

Derived terms
  • diúltach dúbailte (“double negative”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
diúltach dhiúltach ndiúltach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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