dearnáil

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle English dernen (to conceal) (from Old English diernan, from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *darnī (hidden)) + -áil.

Verb

dearnáil (present analytic dearnálann, future analytic dearnálfaidh, verbal noun dearnáil, past participle dearnáilte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) darn

Conjugation

Noun

dearnáil f (genitive singular dearnála)

  1. verbal noun of dearnáil
  2. darning

Declension

Declension of dearnáil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative dearnáil
vocative a dhearnáil
genitive dearnála
dative dearnáil
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an dearnáil
genitive na dearnála
dative leis an dearnáil
don dearnáil

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dearnáil
radical lenition eclipsis
dearnáil dhearnáil ndearnáil

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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