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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish dedlaid.
Verb
deighil (present analytic deighleann, future analytic deighilfidh, verbal noun deighilt, past participle deighilte)
- (transitive) part, separate (one thing from another), split
- Synonyms: dealaigh, scar
- (transitive) divide, partition, segment
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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deighlim
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deighleann tú; deighlir†
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deighleann sé, sí
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deighlimid
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deighleann sibh
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deighleann siad; deighlid†
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a dheighleann; a dheighleas / a ndeighleann*
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deighiltear
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past
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dheighil mé; dheighleas
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dheighil tú; dheighlis
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dheighil sé, sí
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dheighleamar; dheighil muid
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dheighil sibh; dheighleabhair
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dheighil siad; dheighleadar
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a dheighil / ar dheighil*
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deighleadh
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past habitual
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dheighlinn / ndeighlinn‡‡
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dheighilteá / ndeighilteᇇ
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dheighleadh sé, sí / ndeighleadh sé, s퇇
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dheighlimis; dheighleadh muid / ndeighlimis‡‡; ndeighleadh muid‡‡
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dheighleadh sibh / ndeighleadh sibh‡‡
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dheighlidís; dheighleadh siad / ndeighlidís‡‡; ndeighleadh siad‡‡
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a dheighleadh / a ndeighleadh*
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dheighiltí / ndeighilt퇇
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future
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deighilfidh mé; deighilfead
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deighilfidh tú; deighilfir†
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deighilfidh sé, sí
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deighilfimid; deighilfidh muid
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deighilfidh sibh
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deighilfidh siad; deighilfid†
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a dheighilfidh; a dheighilfeas / a ndeighilfidh*
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deighilfear
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conditional
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dheighilfinn / ndeighilfinn‡‡
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dheighilfeá / ndeighilfeᇇ
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dheighilfeadh sé, sí / ndeighilfeadh sé, s퇇
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dheighilfimis; dheighilfeadh muid / ndeighilfimis‡‡; ndeighilfeadh muid‡‡
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dheighilfeadh sibh / ndeighilfeadh sibh‡‡
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dheighilfidís; dheighilfeadh siad / ndeighilfidís‡‡; ndeighilfeadh siad‡‡
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a dheighilfeadh / a ndeighilfeadh*
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dheighilfí / ndeighilf퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go ndeighle mé; go ndeighlead†
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go ndeighle tú; go ndeighlir†
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go ndeighle sé, sí
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go ndeighlimid; go ndeighle muid
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go ndeighle sibh
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go ndeighle siad; go ndeighlid†
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—
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go ndeighiltear
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past
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dá ndeighlinn
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dá ndeighilteá
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dá ndeighleadh sé, sí
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dá ndeighlimis; dá ndeighleadh muid
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dá ndeighleadh sibh
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dá ndeighlidís; dá ndeighleadh siad
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—
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dá ndeighiltí
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imperative
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deighlim
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deighil
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deighleadh sé, sí
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deighlimis
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deighligí; deighlidh†
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deighlidís
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deighiltear
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verbal noun
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deighilt
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past participle
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deighilte
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*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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deighil
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dheighil
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ndeighil
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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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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deighil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dedlaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “deaġluiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deighil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “deighil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024