deagha

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dedga (“centaury”). Compare Scottish Gaelic i-teodha (“hemlock”).

Noun

deagha m (genitive singular deagha)

  1. centaury

Declension

Declension of deagha (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative deagha
vocative a dheagha
genitive deagha
dative deagha
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an deagha
genitive an deagha
dative leis an deagha
don deagha

Mutation

Mutated forms of deagha
radical lenition eclipsis
deagha dheagha ndeagha

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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