diúscartach

Irish

Etymology

From diúscairt (“disposition”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

diúscartach (genitive singular masculine diúscartaigh, genitive singular feminine diúscartaí, plural diúscartacha, not comparable)

1. (grammar) deponent

Declension

Declension of diúscartach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	diúscartach	dhiúscartach	diúscartacha; dhiúscartacha2
vocative	dhiúscartaigh		diúscartacha
genitive		diúscartaí	diúscartacha	diúscartach
dative	diúscartach; dhiúscartach1	dhiúscartach; dhiúscartaigh (archaic)	diúscartacha; dhiúscartacha2
Comparative	níos diúscartaí
Superlative	is diúscartaí

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

Noun

diúscartach m (genitive singular diúscartaigh, nominative plural diúscartaigh)

1. (grammar) deponent

Declension

Declension of diúscartach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative diúscartach diúscartaigh vocative a dhiúscartaigh a dhiúscartacha genitive diúscartaigh diúscartach dative diúscartach diúscartaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an diúscartach na diúscartaigh genitive an diúscartaigh na ndiúscartach dative leis an diúscartach don diúscartach leis na diúscartaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of diúscartach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
diúscartach	dhiúscartach	ndiúscartach

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) “diúscartach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “diúscartach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm