deighilteach

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Irish

Etymology

From deighilt +‎ -ach.

Adjective

deighilteach (genitive singular masculine deighiltigh, genitive singular feminine deighiltí, plural deighilteacha, comparative deighiltí)

  1. causing separation, division; segmental; disjunctive
  2. brittle, soft; incohesive
  3. shy of company, odd (of person)

Declension

Declension of deighilteach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative deighilteach dheighilteach deighilteacha;
dheighilteacha2
vocative dheighiltigh deighilteacha
genitive deighiltí deighilteacha deighilteach
dative deighilteach;
dheighilteach1 		dheighilteach;
dheighiltigh (archaic) 		deighilteacha;
dheighilteacha2
Comparative níos deighiltí
Superlative is deighiltí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of deighilteach
radical lenition eclipsis
deighilteach dheighilteach ndeighilteach

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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