From ding (“wedge”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
dingeach (genitive singular masculine dingigh, genitive singular feminine dingí, plural dingeacha)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | dingeach | dhingeach | dingeacha; dhingeacha2 | |
vocative | dhingigh | dingeacha | ||
genitive | dingí | dingeacha | dingeach | |
dative | dingeach; dhingeach1 |
dhingeach; dhingigh (archaic) |
dingeacha; dhingeacha2 | |
Comparative | níos dingí | |||
Superlative | is dingí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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dingeach | dhingeach | ndingeach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.