From Old Irish dligthech (“lawful; reasonable”); by surface analysis, dlí + -ach.
dleathach (genitive singular masculine dleathaigh, genitive singular feminine dleathaí, plural dleathacha, comparative dleathaí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | dleathach | dhleathach | dleathacha; dhleathacha2 | |
vocative | dhleathaigh | dleathacha | ||
genitive | dleathaí | dleathacha | dleathach | |
dative | dleathach; dhleathach1 |
dhleathach; dhleathaigh (archaic) |
dleathacha; dhleathacha2 | |
Comparative | níos dleathaí | |||
Superlative | is dleathaí |
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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dleathach | dhleathach | ndleathach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.