German

Noun

Deich m ‎(genitive Deichs or Deiches, plural Deiche)

1. dike, permanent dam

   Wenn der Deich bricht, wird das ganze Tal überflutet.

   If the dike breaks, the whole valley will be flooded.

   Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Viktor quer über den großen Sylter Deich.

   Twelve boxers chase Viktor across the big Sylt dike. (a German pangram)

Declension

Derived terms

• Deichgraf

Irish

Numeral

deich (triggers eclipsis of a following noun (which is in the genitive plural))

1. ten

   deich gcloch‎ ― ten stones (also "ten stone" = 140 pounds)

   deich n-uaire‎ ― ten times

Related terms

• déag (-teen)

Derived terms

• deichiú (ordinal)
• deichniúr (used to modify nouns referring to human beings)

Mutation

References

• "deich" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “2 deich n-” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t.

Numeral

deich

1. ten

Descendants

• Irish: deich
• Manx: jeih
• Scottish Gaelic: deich

References

• “deich” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish deich, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲeç/

Numeral

deich

1. (cardinal) ten

Derived terms

• deicheach ‎(“decimal”)
• deicheamh ‎(“tenth / decimal”)
• deichnear ‎(“ten”) (persons)
• deug ‎(“-teen”)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “2 deich n-” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.