deighilteach

Irish

Etymology

From deighilt +‎ -ach.

Adjective

deighilteach (genitive singular masculine deighiltigh, genitive singular feminine deighiltí, plural deighilteacha, comparative deighiltí)

1. causing separation, division; segmental; disjunctive
2. brittle, soft; incohesive
3. shy of company, odd (of person)

Declension

Declension of deighilteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	deighilteach	dheighilteach	deighilteacha; dheighilteacha2
vocative	dheighiltigh		deighilteacha
genitive		deighiltí	deighilteacha	deighilteach
dative	deighilteach; dheighilteach1	dheighilteach; dheighiltigh (archaic)	deighilteacha; dheighilteacha2
Comparative	níos deighiltí
Superlative	is deighiltí

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 deighilteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deighilteach	dheighilteach	ndeighilteach

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