deireannach (genitive singular masculine deireannaigh, genitive singular feminine deireannaí, plural deireannacha, comparative deireannaí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | deireannach | dheireannach | deireannacha; dheireannacha² | |
Vocative | dheireannaigh | deireannacha | ||
Genitive | deireannaí | deireannacha | deireannach | |
Dative | deireannach; dheireannach¹ |
dheireannach; dheireannaigh (archaic) |
deireannacha; dheireannacha² | |
Comparative | níos deireannaí | |||
Superlative | is deireannaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
deireannach | dheireannach | ndeireannach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
From Middle Irish deirenach, deirennach (“last”), from deiredach, from Old Irish deired (compare modern deireadh).
deireannach
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
deireannach | dheireannach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |