dea-labhartha
Irish
editAlternative forms
edit- dea-labharthach, deaslabhartha
- deaghlabhartha, deagh-labhartha, deaghlabharthach, deagh-labharthach, deigh-labhartha (obsolete)
Etymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editdea-labhartha
- well-spoken, eloquent
- Synonym: dea-bhriathrach
Declension
editDeclension of dealabhartha
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | dealabhartha | dhealabhartha | dealabhartha; dhealabhartha² | |
Vocative | dhealabhartha | dealabhartha | ||
Genitive | dealabhartha | dealabhartha | dealabhartha | |
Dative | dealabhartha; dhealabhartha¹ |
dhealabhartha | dealabhartha; dhealabhartha² | |
Comparative | níos dealabhartha | |||
Superlative | is dealabhartha |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dea-labhartha | dhea-labhartha | ndea-labhartha |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- “dea-labhartha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deaġ-laḃarṫaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 227
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dea-labhartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 82