deatach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish detach.

Pronunciation

Noun

deatach m (genitive singular deataigh)

  1. smoke
  2. vapour, steam
  3. (figuratively) occupied house

Declension

Declension of deatach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative deatach
vocative a dheataigh
genitive deataigh
dative deatach
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an deatach
genitive an deataigh
dative leis an deatach
don deatach

Derived terms

  • deataigh (“smoke”, transitive verb)
  • deatúil (“smoky; vaporous”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deatach
radical lenition eclipsis
deatach dheatach ndeatach

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish detach, a derivative of dé (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

Noun

deatach f (genitive singular deataiche, plural deataichean)

  1. gas, smoke, vapour

Mutation

Mutation of deatach
radical lenition
deatach dheatach

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “deatach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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