déistineach

Irish

Alternative forms

• déisteanach

Etymology

From Middle Irish déistinech; déistin (“distaste, nausea; disgust, loathing”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

déistineach (genitive singular masculine déistinigh, genitive singular feminine déistiní, plural déistineacha, comparative déistiní)

1. distasteful, nauseating
2. disgusting, loathsome

Declension

Declension of déistineach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	déistineach	dhéistineach	déistineacha; dhéistineacha2
vocative	dhéistinigh		déistineacha
genitive		déistiní	déistineacha	déistineach
dative	déistineach; dhéistineach1	dhéistineach; dhéistinigh (archaic)	déistineacha; dhéistineacha2
Comparative	níos déistiní
Superlative	is déistiní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of déistineach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
déistineach	dhéistineach	ndéistineach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déistineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “déistineach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “déistineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024