deachúil

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Irish

Etymology

From deich +‎ -úil.

Adjective

deachúil (genitive singular masculine deachúil, genitive singular feminine deachúla, plural deachúla, not comparable)

  1. (arithmetic) decimal
    Synonym: deachúlach

Declension

Declension of deachúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative deachúil dheachúil deachúla;
dheachúla2
vocative dheachúil deachúla
genitive deachúla deachúla deachúil
dative deachúil;
dheachúil1
dheachúil deachúla;
dheachúla2
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

deachúil f (genitive singular deachúla, nominative plural deachúlacha)

  1. (arithmetic) decimal

Declension

Declension of deachúil (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative deachúil deachúlacha
vocative a dheachúil a dheachúlacha
genitive deachúla deachúlacha
dative deachúil deachúlacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an deachúil na deachúlacha
genitive na deachúla na ndeachúlacha
dative leis an deachúil
don deachúil
leis na deachúlacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of deachúil
radical lenition eclipsis
deachúil dheachúil ndeachúil

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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