déadach

Irish

Etymology

From déad (“tooth”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

déadach (genitive singular masculine déadaigh, genitive singular feminine déadaí, plural déadacha, comparative déadaí)

1. toothed
2. (phonetics, etc.) dental

Declension

Declension of déadach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	déadach	dhéadach	déadacha; dhéadacha2
vocative	dhéadaigh		déadacha
genitive		déadaí	déadacha	déadach
dative	déadach; dhéadach1	dhéadach; dhéadaigh (archaic)	déadacha; dhéadacha2
Comparative	níos déadaí
Superlative	is déadaí

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

• liopa-dhéadach (“labiodental”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of déadach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
déadach	dhéadach	ndéadach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.