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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish dechmad.[2] By surface analysis, deich + -ú. Doublet of deachú.
Adjective
deichiú (not comparable) (abbreviated 10ú)
- tenth
Declension
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Singular
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Plural (m/f)
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| Positive
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Masculine
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Feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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| Nominative
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deichiú
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dheichiú
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deichiú;
dheichiú²
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| Vocative
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dheichiú
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deichiú
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| Genitive
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deichiú
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deichiú
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deichiú
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| Dative
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deichiú;
dheichiú¹
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dheichiú
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deichiú;
dheichiú²
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| Comparative
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(not comparable)
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| Superlative
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(not comparable)
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¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| deichiú
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dheichiú
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ndeichiú
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ “deichiú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deichiú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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