dleathach
Irish
Alternative forms
- dlitheach
- dleaghthach, dligheach, dlighteach, dlightheach, dlíghtheach, dlighthioch (obsolete)
Adjective
dleathach (genitive singular masculine dleathaigh, genitive singular feminine dleathaí, plural dleathacha, comparative dleathaí)
Declension
Declension of dleathach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- “dleathach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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
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