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déthaobhach

Irish

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Etymology

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From dé- (“bi-”) +‎ taobh (“side”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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déthaobhach (genitive singular masculine déthaobhaigh, genitive singular feminine déthaobhaí, plural déthaobhacha, comparative déthaobhaí)

  1. bilateral, double-sided
    Synonym: déshleasach

Declension

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Declension of déthaobhach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative déthaobhach dhéthaobhach déthaobhacha;
dhéthaobhacha²
Vocative dhéthaobhaigh déthaobhacha
Genitive déthaobhaí déthaobhacha déthaobhach
Dative déthaobhach;
dhéthaobhach¹ 		dhéthaobhach;
dhéthaobhaigh (archaic) 		déthaobhacha;
dhéthaobhacha²
Comparative níos déthaobhaí
Superlative is déthaobhaí

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

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
déthaobhach dhéthaobhach ndéthaobhach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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