déanach

Irish

Alternative forms

• déidheanach, déidheannach, deigheanach

Etymology

From Old Irish dédenach, dídenach (“last, final (in time or succession); last up to the present, recent”), from díden f (“end”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeːn̪ˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeːnˠəx/, /ˈdʲeːn̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeːnˠa(x)/, /ˈdʲeːn̪ˠa(x)/

Adjective

déanach (genitive singular masculine déanaigh, genitive singular feminine déanaí, plural déanacha, not comparable)

1. last
2. late
3. up-to-date

Declension

Declension of déanach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	déanach	dhéanach	déanacha; dhéanacha²
Vocative	dhéanaigh		déanacha
Genitive		déanaí	déanacha	déanach
Dative	déanach; dhéanach¹	dhéanach; dhéanaigh (archaic)	déanacha; dhéanacha²
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.

Synonyms

• deireanach
• mall

Derived terms

• déanaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
déanach	dhéanach	ndéanach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “déidenach, dídenach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60