deisceartach

Irish

Etymology

From deisceart +‎ -ach.

Adjective

deisceartach (genitive singular masculine deisceartaigh, genitive singular feminine deisceartaí, plural deisceartacha, comparative deisceartaí)

1. (geography) southern, austral

   Antonym: tuaisceartach

Declension

Declension of deisceartach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	deisceartach	dheisceartach	deisceartacha; dheisceartacha2
vocative	dheisceartaigh		deisceartacha
genitive		deisceartaí	deisceartacha	deisceartach
dative	deisceartach; dheisceartach1	dheisceartach; dheisceartaigh (archaic)	deisceartacha; dheisceartacha2
Comparative	níos deisceartaí
Superlative	is deisceartaí

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

• dobhrán mara deisceartach
• rón eilifintiúil deisceartach
• smutrón deisceartach

 

Noun

deisceartach m (genitive singular deisceartaigh, nominative plural deisceartaigh)

1. southerner

   Antonym: tuaisceartach

Declension

Declension of deisceartach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative deisceartach deisceartaigh vocative a dheisceartaigh a dheisceartacha genitive deisceartaigh deisceartach dative deisceartach deisceartaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an deisceartach na deisceartaigh genitive an deisceartaigh na ndeisceartach dative leis an deisceartach don deisceartach leis na deisceartaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of deisceartach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deisceartach	dheisceartach	ndeisceartach

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