From Old Irish demin (“sure, certain, undoubted”) (compare Scottish Gaelic deimhinn).
deimhin (genitive singular masculine deimhin, genitive singular feminine deimhne, plural deimhne, comparative deimhne)
| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | deimhin | dheimhin | deimhne; dheimhne2 | |
| vocative | dheimhin | deimhne | ||
| genitive | deimhne | deimhne | deimhin | |
| dative | deimhin; dheimhin1 |
dheimhin | deimhne; dheimhne2 | |
| Comparative | níos deimhne | |||
| Superlative | is deimhne | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
deimhin f (genitive singular deimhne)
| |||||||||||
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| deimhin | dheimhin | ndeimhin |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.