deichiú
Irish
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| Cardinal: deich Ordinal: deichiú Personal: deichniúr | ||||
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish dechmad.[2] By surface analysis, deich + -ú. Doublet of deachú.
Adjective
[edit]deichiú (not comparable) (abbreviated 10ú)
Declension
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | deichiú | dheichiú | deichiú; dheichiú2 | |
| vocative | dheichiú | deichiú | ||
| genitive | deichiú | deichiú | deichiú | |
| dative | deichiú; dheichiú1 |
dheichiú | deichiú; dheichiú2 | |
| 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.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| deichiú | dheichiú | ndeichiú |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “deichiú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deichiú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deiċeaṁaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 507
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deichiú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN