dédhuilleach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dé- (“bi-”) + duille (“leaf”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]dédhuilleach (genitive singular masculine dédhuilligh, genitive singular feminine dédhuillí, plural dédhuilleacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dédhuilleach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dédhuilleach | dhédhuilleach | dédhuilleacha; dhédhuilleacha² | |
| Vocative | dhédhuilligh | dédhuilleacha | ||
| Genitive | dédhuillí | dédhuilleacha | dédhuilleach | |
| Dative | dédhuilleach; dhédhuilleach¹ |
dhédhuilleach; dhédhuilligh (archaic) |
dédhuilleacha; dhédhuilleacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dédhuilleach | dhédhuilleach | ndédhuilleach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dédhuilleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dédhuilleach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm