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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish deiligid.
Verb
dealaigh (present analytic dealaíonn, future analytic dealóidh, verbal noun dealú, past participle dealaithe)
- (transitive) part, separate
- Synonyms: deighil, scar
- (transitive) distinguish, differentiate
- (transitive) take away
- Synonyms: bain, tóg
- (transitive, intransitive, mathematics) subtract (ó (“from”))
- (intransitive with le) depart
- Dealóidh mé liom. ― I'll leave.
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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dealaím
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dealaíonn tú; dealaír†
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dealaíonn sé, sí
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dealaímid; dealaíonn muid
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dealaíonn sibh
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dealaíonn siad; dealaíd†
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a dhealaíonn; a dhealaíos / a ndealaíonn*
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dealaítear
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past
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dhealaigh mé; dhealaíos
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dhealaigh tú; dhealaís
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dhealaigh sé, sí
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dhealaíomar; dhealaigh muid
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dhealaigh sibh; dhealaíobhair
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dhealaigh siad; dhealaíodar
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a dhealaigh / ar dhealaigh*
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dealaíodh
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past habitual
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dhealaínn / ndealaínn‡‡
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dhealaíteá / ndealaíteᇇ
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dhealaíodh sé, sí / ndealaíodh sé, s퇇
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dhealaímis; dhealaíodh muid / ndealaímis‡‡; ndealaíodh muid‡‡
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dhealaíodh sibh / ndealaíodh sibh‡‡
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dhealaídís; dhealaíodh siad / ndealaídís‡‡; ndealaíodh siad‡‡
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a dhealaíodh / a ndealaíodh*
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dhealaítí / ndealaít퇇
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future
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dealóidh mé; dealód; dealóchaidh mé†
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dealóidh tú; dealóir†; dealóchaidh tú†
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dealóidh sé, sí; dealóchaidh sé, sí†
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dealóimid; dealóidh muid; dealóchaimid†; dealóchaidh muid†
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dealóidh sibh; dealóchaidh sibh†
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dealóidh siad; dealóid†; dealóchaidh siad†
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a dhealóidh; a dhealós; a dhealóchaidh†; a dhealóchas† / a ndealóidh*; a ndealóchaidh*†
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dealófar; dealóchar†
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conditional
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dhealóinn; dhealóchainn† / ndealóinn‡‡; ndealóchainn†‡‡
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dhealófá; dhealóchthᆠ/ ndealófᇇ; ndealóchthᆇ‡
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dhealódh sé, sí; dhealóchadh sé, sí† / ndealódh sé, s퇇; ndealóchadh sé, s톇‡
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dhealóimis; dhealódh muid; dhealóchaimis†; dhealóchadh muid† / ndealóimis‡‡; ndealódh muid‡‡; ndealóchaimis†‡‡; ndealóchadh muid†‡‡
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dhealódh sibh; dhealóchadh sibh† / ndealódh sibh‡‡; ndealóchadh sibh†‡‡
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dhealóidís; dhealódh siad; dhealóchadh siad† / ndealóidís‡‡; ndealódh siad‡‡; ndealóchadh siad†‡‡
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a dhealódh; a dhealóchadh† / a ndealódh*; a ndealóchadh*†
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dhealófaí; dhealóchthaí† / ndealófa퇇; ndealóchtha톇‡
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subjunctive
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present
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go ndealaí mé; go ndealaíod†
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go ndealaí tú; go ndealaír†
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go ndealaí sé, sí
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go ndealaímid; go ndealaí muid
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go ndealaí sibh
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go ndealaí siad; go ndealaíd†
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—
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go ndealaítear
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past
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dá ndealaínn
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dá ndealaíteá
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dá ndealaíodh sé, sí
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dá ndealaímis; dá ndealaíodh muid
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dá ndealaíodh sibh
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dá ndealaídís; dá ndealaíodh siad
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dá ndealaítí
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imperative
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dealaím
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dealaigh
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dealaíodh sé, sí
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dealaímis
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dealaígí; dealaídh†
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dealaídís
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dealaítear
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verbal noun
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dealú
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past participle
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dealaithe
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dealaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deiligidir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dealuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 229
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dealaigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “dealaigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025