deichiú
Irish
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| Cardinal: deich Ordinal: deichiú Personal: deichniúr | ||||
Alternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish dechmad.[2] By surface analysis, deich -ú. Doublet of deachú.
Adjective
editdeichiú (not comparable) (abbreviated 10ú)
Declension
editDeclension of deichiú
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | deichiú | dheichiú | deichiú; dheichiú² | |
| Vocative | dheichiú | deichiú | ||
| Genitive | deichiú | deichiú | deichiú | |
| Dative | deichiú; dheichiú¹ |
dheichiú | deichiú; dheichiú² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| deichiú | dheichiú | ndeichiú |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- ^ “deichiú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deichiú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deiċeaṁaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 507
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deichiú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN