deisceartach

Irish

Etymology

From deisceart +‎ -ach.

Adjective

deisceartach (genitive singular masculine deisceartaigh, genitive singular feminine deisceartaí, plural deisceartacha, comparative deisceartaí)

1. (geography) southern, austral

   Antonym: tuaisceartach

Declension

Declension of deisceartach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	deisceartach	dheisceartach	deisceartacha; dheisceartacha²
Vocative	dheisceartaigh		deisceartacha
Genitive		deisceartaí	deisceartacha	deisceartach
Dative	deisceartach; dheisceartach¹	dheisceartach; dheisceartaigh (archaic)	deisceartacha; dheisceartacha²
Comparative	níos deisceartaí
Superlative	is deisceartaí

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

• dobhrán mara deisceartach
• rón eilifintiúil deisceartach
• smutrón deisceartach

 

Noun

deisceartach m (genitive singular deisceartaigh, nominative plural deisceartaigh)

1. southerner

   Antonym: tuaisceartach

Declension

Declension of deisceartach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative deisceartach deisceartaigh Vocative a dheisceartaigh a dheisceartacha Genitive deisceartaigh deisceartach Dative deisceartach deisceartaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an deisceartach na deisceartaigh Genitive an deisceartaigh na ndeisceartach Dative leis an deisceartach don deisceartach leis na deisceartaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deisceartach	dheisceartach	ndeisceartach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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