deachúil

Irish

Etymology

From deich +‎ -úil.

Adjective

deachúil (genitive singular masculine deachúil, genitive singular feminine deachúla, plural deachúla, not comparable)

1. (arithmetic) decimal

   Synonym: deachúlach

Declension

Declension of deachúil

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	deachúil	dheachúil	deachúla; dheachúla2
vocative	dheachúil		deachúla
genitive		deachúla	deachúla	deachúil
dative	deachúil; dheachúil1	dheachúil	deachúla; dheachúla2
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.

Noun

deachúil f (genitive singular deachúla, nominative plural deachúlacha)

1. (arithmetic) decimal

Declension

Declension of deachúil (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative deachúil deachúlacha vocative a dheachúil a dheachúlacha genitive deachúla deachúlacha dative deachúil deachúlacha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an deachúil na deachúlacha genitive na deachúla na ndeachúlacha dative leis an deachúil don deachúil leis na deachúlacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of deachúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deachúil	dheachúil	ndeachúil

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) “deachúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deachúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “deachúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025