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]Declension of déhéidreach
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]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
déhéidreach | dhéhéidreach | ndéhéidreach |
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) “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