deacht

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Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

deacht m (genitive singular deachta, nominative plural deachtanna)

  1. dictum
Declension
Declension of deacht (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative deacht deachtanna
vocative a dheacht a dheachtanna
genitive deachta deachtanna
dative deacht deachtanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an deacht na deachtanna
genitive an deachta na ndeachtanna
dative leis an deacht
don deacht 		leis na deachtanna

Etymology 2

See deachtaigh.

Verb

deacht (present analytic deachtann, future analytic deachtfaidh, verbal noun deachtadh, past participle deachta)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of deachtaigh (“indite, compose; direct, instruct; dictate”)
Conjugation
conjugation of deacht (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present deachtaim deachtann tú;
deachtair† 		deachtann sé, sí deachtaimid deachtann sibh deachtann siad;
deachtaid† 		a dheachtann; a dheachtas /
a ndeachtann* 		deachtar
past dheacht mé; dheachtas dheacht tú; dheachtais dheacht sé, sí dheachtamar; dheacht muid dheacht sibh; dheachtabhair dheacht siad; dheachtadar a dheacht /
ar dheacht* 		deachtadh
past habitual dheachtainn / ndeachtainn‡‡ dheachtá / ndeachtᇇ dheachtadh sé, sí / ndeachtadh sé, s퇇 dheachtaimis; dheachtadh muid / ndeachtaimis‡‡; ndeachtadh muid‡‡ dheachtadh sibh / ndeachtadh sibh‡‡ dheachtaidís; dheachtadh siad / ndeachtaidís‡‡; ndeachtadh siad‡‡ a dheachtadh /
a ndeachtadh* 		dheachtaí / ndeachta퇇
future deachtfaidh mé;
deachtfad 		deachtfaidh tú;
deachtfair† 		deachtfaidh sé, sí deachtfaimid;
deachtfaidh muid 		deachtfaidh sibh deachtfaidh siad;
deachtfaid† 		a dheachtfaidh; a dheachtfas /
a ndeachtfaidh* 		deachtfar
conditional dheachtfainn / ndeachtfainn‡‡ dheachtfá / ndeachtfᇇ dheachtfadh sé, sí / ndeachtfadh sé, s퇇 dheachtfaimis; dheachtfadh muid / ndeachtfaimis‡‡; ndeachtfadh muid‡‡ dheachtfadh sibh / ndeachtfadh sibh‡‡ dheachtfaidís; dheachtfadh siad / ndeachtfaidís‡‡; ndeachtfadh siad‡‡ a dheachtfadh /
a ndeachtfadh* 		dheachtfaí / ndeachtfa퇇
subjunctive present go ndeachta mé;
go ndeachtad† 		go ndeachta tú;
go ndeachtair† 		go ndeachta sé, sí go ndeachtaimid;
go ndeachta muid 		go ndeachta sibh go ndeachta siad;
go ndeachtaid† 		— go ndeachtar
past dá ndeachtainn dá ndeachtá dá ndeachtadh sé, sí dá ndeachtaimis;
dá ndeachtadh muid 		dá ndeachtadh sibh dá ndeachtaidís;
dá ndeachtadh siad 		— dá ndeachtaí
imperative deachtaim deacht deachtadh sé, sí deachtaimis deachtaigí;
deachtaidh† 		deachtaidís — deachtar
verbal noun deachtadh
past participle deachta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of deacht
radical lenition eclipsis
deacht dheacht ndeacht

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

Further reading

References

Old Irish

Etymology

From día +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

Noun

deacht f

  1. godliness, divinity
  2. godhead
    • 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. 25c5
      Foillsigthir as n‑ísel in doínacht íar n‑aicniud húare as in deacht foda·raithmine⟨dar⟩ ⁊ noda·fortachtaigedar.
      It is made clear that the humanity is lowly according to nature because it is the Godhead that remembers it and helps it

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative deachtL — —
Vocative deachtL — —
Accusative deachtaN — —
Genitive deachtaeH — —
Dative deachtaL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of deacht
radical lenition nasalization
deacht deacht
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		ndeacht

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

Further reading

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