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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deighilteach dheighilteach ndeighilteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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