deisceartach
Irish
editEtymology
editAdjective
editdeisceartach (genitive singular masculine deisceartaigh, genitive singular feminine deisceartaí, plural deisceartacha, comparative deisceartaí)
- (geography) southern, austral
- Antonym: tuaisceartach
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | deisceartach | dheisceartach | deisceartacha; dheisceartacha2 | |
vocative | dheisceartaigh | deisceartacha | ||
genitive | deisceartaí | deisceartacha | deisceartach | |
dative | deisceartach; dheisceartach1 |
dheisceartach; dheisceartaigh (archaic) |
deisceartacha; dheisceartacha2 | |
Comparative | níos deisceartaí | |||
Superlative | is deisceartaí |
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
editNoun
editdeisceartach m (genitive singular deisceartaigh, nominative plural deisceartaigh)
- southerner
- Antonym: tuaisceartach
Declension
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Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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deisceartach | dheisceartach | ndeisceartach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deisceartach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deisceartach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “deisceartach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024