Irish

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Etymology

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From deighil +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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deighilt f (genitive singular deighilte, nominative plural deighiltí)

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

Declension

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Declension of deighilt (second declension)
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

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Críochdheighilt na hÉireann ("The Partition of Ireland")

Mutation

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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

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