déghnéasach

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Irish

Etymology

From dé- (“bi-”) +‎ gnéas (“sex”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

déghnéasach (genitive singular masculine déghnéasaigh, genitive singular feminine déghnéasaí, plural déghnéasacha, not comparable)

  1. (sexuality) bisexual
  2. (biology) hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic
  3. (botany) bisexual

Declension

Declension of déghnéasach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative déghnéasach dhéghnéasach déghnéasacha;
dhéghnéasacha2
vocative dhéghnéasaigh déghnéasacha
genitive déghnéasaí déghnéasacha déghnéasach
dative déghnéasach;
dhéghnéasach1 		dhéghnéasach;
dhéghnéasaigh (archaic) 		déghnéasacha;
dhéghnéasacha2
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.

Noun

déghnéasach m (genitive singular déghnéasaigh, nominative plural déghnéasaigh)

  1. (sexuality) bisexual
  2. (biology) hermaphrodite
  3. (botany) bisexual

Declension

Declension of déghnéasach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative déghnéasach déghnéasaigh
vocative a dhéghnéasaigh a dhéghnéasacha
genitive déghnéasaigh déghnéasach
dative déghnéasach déghnéasaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an déghnéasach na déghnéasaigh
genitive an déghnéasaigh na ndéghnéasach
dative leis an déghnéasach
don déghnéasach 		leis na déghnéasaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of déghnéasach
radical lenition eclipsis
déghnéasach dhéghnéasach ndéghnéasach

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

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