déistineach

Irish

Alternative forms

• déisteanach

Etymology

From Middle Irish déistinech; déistin (“distaste, nausea; disgust, loathing”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

déistineach (genitive singular masculine déistinigh, genitive singular feminine déistiní, plural déistineacha, comparative déistiní)

1. distasteful, nauseating
2. disgusting, loathsome

Declension

Declension of déistineach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	déistineach	dhéistineach	déistineacha; dhéistineacha²
Vocative	dhéistinigh		déistineacha
Genitive		déistiní	déistineacha	déistineach
Dative	déistineach; dhéistineach¹	dhéistineach; dhéistinigh (archaic)	déistineacha; dhéistineacha²
Comparative	níos déistiní
Superlative	is déistiní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
déistineach	dhéistineach	ndéistineach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déistineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “déistineach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “déistineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024