deachúlach

Irish

Etymology

From deachúil +‎ -ach.

Adjective

deachúlach (genitive singular masculine deachúlaigh, genitive singular feminine deachúlaí, plural deachúlacha, not comparable)

1. (arithmetic) decimal

   Synonym: deachúil

Declension

Declension of deachúlach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	deachúlach	dheachúlach	deachúlacha; dheachúlacha²
Vocative	dheachúlaigh		deachúlacha
Genitive		deachúlaí	deachúlacha	deachúlach
Dative	deachúlach; dheachúlach¹	dheachúlach; dheachúlaigh (archaic)	deachúlacha; dheachúlacha²
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.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deachúlach	dheachúlach	ndeachúlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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