deimhneach

Irish

Etymology

From deimhin +‎ -ach.

Adjective

deimhneach (genitive singular masculine deimhnigh, genitive singular feminine deimhní, plural deimhneacha, comparative deimhní)

1. certain
2. positive

Declension

Declension of deimhneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	deimhneach	dheimhneach	deimhneacha; dheimhneacha²
Vocative	dheimhnigh		deimhneacha
Genitive		deimhní	deimhneacha	deimhneach
Dative	deimhneach; dheimhneach¹	dheimhneach; dheimhnigh (archaic)	deimhneacha; dheimhneacha²
Comparative	níos deimhní
Superlative	is deimhní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• aondeimhneach

Related terms

• deimhneacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deimhneach	dheimhneach	ndeimhneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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