deimhneach

Irish

Etymology

From deimhin +‎ -ach.

Adjective

deimhneach (genitive singular masculine deimhnigh, genitive singular feminine deimhní, plural deimhneacha, comparative deimhní)

1. certain
2. positive

Declension

Declension of deimhneach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	deimhneach	dheimhneach	deimhneacha; dheimhneacha2
vocative	dheimhnigh		deimhneacha
genitive		deimhní	deimhneacha	deimhneach
dative	deimhneach; dheimhneach1	dheimhneach; dheimhnigh (archaic)	deimhneacha; dheimhneacha2
Comparative	níos deimhní
Superlative	is deimhní

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

Derived terms

• aondeimhneach

Related terms

• deimhneacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of deimhneach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deimhneach	dheimhneach	ndeimhneach

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