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

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	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, 2013-2024