déhéidreach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dé- (“di-”) + -héidreach (“-hedral”).
Adjective
[edit]déhéidreach (genitive singular masculine déhéidrigh, genitive singular feminine déhéidrí, plural déhéidreacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | déhéidreach | dhéhéidreach | déhéidreacha; dhéhéidreacha2 | |
vocative | dhéhéidrigh | déhéidreacha | ||
genitive | déhéidrí | déhéidreacha | déhéidreach | |
dative | déhéidreach; dhéhéidreach1 |
dhéhéidreach; dhéhéidrigh (archaic) |
déhéidreacha; dhéhéidreacha2 | |
Comparative | níos déhéidrí | |||
Superlative | is déhéidrí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- déhéadrán m (“dihedron”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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déhéidreach | dhéhéidreach | ndéhéidreach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déhéidreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “déhéidreach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “déhéidreach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024