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Definition 2024
deacair
deacair
Irish
Adjective
deacair (genitive singular masculine deacair, genitive singular feminine deacra, plural deacra, comparative deacra)
- hard, difficult
- (with le) reluctant
- (literary) troublesome
Declension
Declension of deacair
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | deacair | deacair¹ | deacra³ | |
| Vocative | deacair¹ | deacra | ||
| Genitive | deacair¹ | deacra | deacra | deacair |
| Dative | deacair² | deacair¹ | deacra³ | |
| Comparative | níos deacra | |||
| Superlative | is deacra | |||
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
- (difficult): anfhurasta
Antonyms
Noun
deacair f (genitive singular deacra, nominative plural deacra)
Declension
Declension of deacair
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| deacair | dheacair | ndeacair |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||