diúltach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

diúltach (genitive singular masculine diúltaigh, genitive singular feminine diúltaí, plural diúltacha, comparative diúltaí)

1. inclined to deny or refuse
2. negative

Declension

Declension of diúltach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	diúltach	dhiúltach	diúltacha; dhiúltacha2
vocative	dhiúltaigh		diúltacha
genitive		diúltaí	diúltacha	diúltach
dative	diúltach; dhiúltach1	dhiúltach; dhiúltaigh (archaic)	diúltacha; dhiúltacha2
Comparative	níos diúltaí
Superlative	is diúltaí

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

Related terms

• diúltaigh

Noun

diúltach m (genitive singular diúltaigh, nominative plural diúltaigh)

1. (grammar, electricity) negative

Declension

Declension of diúltach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative diúltach diúltaigh vocative a dhiúltaigh a dhiúltacha genitive diúltaigh diúltach dative diúltach diúltaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an diúltach na diúltaigh genitive an diúltaigh na ndiúltach dative leis an diúltach don diúltach leis na diúltaigh

Derived terms

• diúltach dúbailte (“double negative”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of diúltach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
diúltach	dhiúltach	ndiúltach

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