deireanach

Irish

Alternative forms

• deireannach

Etymology

Altered from Middle Irish deiredach. By surface analysis, deireadh +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲən̪ˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲənˠəx/, /ˈdʲɛɾʲən̪ˠəx/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲ(ə)nəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲənˠa(h)/, /ˈdʲɛɾʲən̪ˠa(h)/

Adjective

deireanach (genitive singular masculine deireanaigh, genitive singular feminine deireanaí, plural deireanacha, comparative deireanaí)

1. last
2. late (after proper time; advanced in time)
3. latter, recent, latest

Declension

Declension of deireanach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	deireanach	dheireanach	deireanacha; dheireanacha²
Vocative	dheireanaigh		deireanacha
Genitive		deireanaí	deireanacha	deireanach
Dative	deireanach; dheireanach¹	dheireanach; dheireanaigh (archaic)	deireanacha; dheireanacha²
Comparative	níos deireanaí
Superlative	is deireanaí

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
deireanach	dheireanach	ndeireanach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deireanach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “deireanach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deireannaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 235
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deireanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN