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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
déanach + -e
Noun
déanaí f (genitive singular déanaí)
- lateness, recentness
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
déanaí
- inflection of déanach:
- genitive singular feminine
- comparative degree
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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déanaí
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dhéanaí
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ndéanaí
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “déanaí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “déiḋeanaiġe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 233
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déanaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN