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déanach
déanach
Irish
Alternative forms
- déidheanach
- déidheannach
Adjective
déanach (genitive singular masculine déanaigh, genitive singular feminine déanaí, plural déanacha)
Declension
Declension of déanach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | déanach | déanach¹ | déanacha³ | |
| Vocative | déanaigh¹ | déanach¹ | déanacha | |
| Genitive | déanaigh¹ | déanaí (obsolete) déanaighe |
déanacha | déanach |
| Dative | déanach² | déanach¹ (archaic) déanaigh¹ |
déanacha³ | |
| Comparative | déanaí (obsolete) déanaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| déanach | dhéanach | ndéanach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "déanach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “déidenach, dídenach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.