dea-dhéanta
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From dea- (“good, well-”) + déanta (“made”).
Adjective edit
dea-dhéanta (genitive singular masculine dhea-dhéanta, genitive singular feminine dea-dhéanta, plural dea-dhéanta, comparative dea-dhéanta)
Declension edit
Declension of dea-dhéanta
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dea-dhéanta | dhea-dhéanta | dea-dhéanta; dhea-dhéanta² | |
| Vocative | dhea-dhéanta | dea-dhéanta | ||
| Genitive | dea-dhéanta | dea-dhéanta | dea-dhéanta | |
| Dative | dea-dhéanta; dhea-dhéanta¹ |
dhea-dhéanta | dea-dhéanta; dhea-dhéanta² | |
| Comparative | níos dea-dhéanta | |||
| Superlative | is dea-dhéanta | |||
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 |
| dea-dhéanta | dhea-dhéanta | ndea-dhéanta |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dea-dhéanta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN