deighilt

Irish

Etymology

From deighil +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲəilʲtʲ/

Noun

deighilt f (genitive singular deighilte, nominative plural deighiltí)

1. verbal noun of deighil
2. separation; division, partition, segmentation

Declension

Declension of deighilt (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative deighilt deighiltí vocative a dheighilt a dheighiltí genitive deighilte deighiltí dative deighilt deighiltí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an deighilt na deighiltí genitive na deighilte na ndeighiltí dative leis an deighilt don deighilt leis na deighiltí

Derived terms

• ar deighilt
• críochdheighilt
• deighilteach
• deighilteoir

Críochdheighilt na hÉireann ("The Partition of Ireland")

Mutation

Mutated forms of deighilt

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deighilt	dheighilt	ndeighilt

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deighilt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN