deachúlach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
deachúlach (genitive singular masculine deachúlaigh, genitive singular feminine deachúlaí, plural deachúlacha, not comparable)
- (arithmetic) decimal
- Synonym: deachúil
Declension edit
Declension of deachúlach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | deachúlach | dheachúlach | deachúlacha; dheachúlacha² | |
| Vocative | dheachúlaigh | deachúlacha | ||
| Genitive | deachúlaí | deachúlacha | deachúlach | |
| Dative | deachúlach; dheachúlach¹ |
dheachúlach; dheachúlaigh (archaic) |
deachúlacha; dheachúlacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| deachúlach | dheachúlach | ndeachúlach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deachúlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “deachúlach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “deachúlach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.