dédenach

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• dídenach

Etymology

From déiden- (“last, latest, final”) (ultimately from dí- +‎ fedan) + -ach.

Adjective

dédenach

1. last, final
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13^d18

     .i. isint senmim dédenach, arni·bia senim terchomric iarsin.

     i.e. in the last call, for there will not be (any) call to assembly after that.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14^d1

     Cúrsagad et taidbsiu pectho isind epistil tóisich, dilgud et comdídnad isin dedenich.

     Reproval and setting forth of sin in the first Epistle: forgiveness and consolation in the last.

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 100^d5

     Cisí dígal dídenach du·mbérae-siu, a Dǽ?

     What is the final punishment that you will inflict, O God?

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 132^a3

     Isa ndedenach .i. ar·thá ciunn són.

     To the last [one], that is, which remains at the end.

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dédenach	dédenach	dédenach
Vocative	dédenaig* dédenach**
Accusative	dédenach	dédenaig
Genitive	dédenaig	dédenaige	dédenaig
Dative	dédenuch	dédenaig	dédenuch
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	dédenaig	dédencha
Vocative	dédenchu dédencha†
Accusative	dédenchu dédencha†
Genitive	dédenach
Dative	dédenchaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Descendants

• Middle Irish: dédenach
  • Irish: déanach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dédenach	dédenach pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndédenach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “déidenach, dídenach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language