deorach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
deorach (genitive singular masculine deoraigh, genitive singular feminine deoraí, plural deoracha, comparative deoraí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of deorach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | deorach | dheorach | deoracha; dheoracha² | |
| Vocative | dheoraigh | deoracha | ||
| Genitive | deoraí | deoracha | deorach | |
| Dative | deorach; dheorach¹ |
dheorach; dheoraigh (archaic) |
deoracha; dheoracha² | |
| Comparative | níos deoraí | |||
| Superlative | is deoraí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
deorach
- (nonstandard) genitive singular of deoir
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| deorach | dheorach | ndeorach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deorach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deorach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “deorach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024