dingeach

Irish

Etymology

From ding (“wedge”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

dingeach (genitive singular masculine dingigh, genitive singular feminine dingí, plural dingeacha)

1. wedge(-shaped)

Declension

Declension of dingeach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	dingeach	dhingeach	dingeacha; dhingeacha2
vocative	dhingigh		dingeacha
genitive		dingí	dingeacha	dingeach
dative	dingeach; dhingeach1	dhingeach; dhingigh (archaic)	dingeacha; dhingeacha2
Comparative	níos dingí
Superlative	is dingí

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

Synonyms

• dingchruthach

Mutation

Mutated forms of dingeach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dingeach	dhingeach	ndingeach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dingeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN