dleathach

Irish

Alternative forms

• dlitheach
• dleaghthach, dligheach, dlighteach, dlightheach, dlíghtheach, dlighthioch (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish dligthech (“lawful; reasonable”); by surface analysis, dlí +‎ -ach.

Adjective

dleathach (genitive singular masculine dleathaigh, genitive singular feminine dleathaí, plural dleathacha, comparative dleathaí)

1. lawful
2. legal
3. just

   Synonym: cóir

Declension

Declension of dleathach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	dleathach	dhleathach	dleathacha; dhleathacha2
vocative	dhleathaigh		dleathacha
genitive		dleathaí	dleathacha	dleathach
dative	dleathach; dhleathach1	dhleathach; dhleathaigh (archaic)	dleathacha; dhleathacha2
Comparative	níos dleathaí
Superlative	is dleathaí

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

• neamhdhleathach
• aindleathach

Mutation

Mutated forms of dleathach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dleathach	dhleathach	ndleathach

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

Further reading

• “dleathach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dligthech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dliġeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 247
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dleathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN