deaschainteach
Irish
Etymology
From deaschaint + -ach.
Adjective
deaschainteach (genitive singular masculine deaschaintigh, genitive singular feminine deaschaintí, plural deaschainteacha, comparative deaschaintí)
- Alternative form of dea-chainteach (“well-spoken, witty”)
Declension
Declension of deaschainteach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | deaschainteach | dheaschainteach | deaschainteacha; dheaschainteacha² | |
Vocative | dheaschaintigh | deaschainteacha | ||
Genitive | deaschaintí | deaschainteacha | deaschainteach | |
Dative | deaschainteach; dheaschainteach¹ | dheaschainteach; dheaschaintigh (archaic) | deaschainteacha; dheaschainteacha² | |
Comparative | níos deaschaintí | |||
Superlative | is deaschaintí |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
deaschainteach | dheaschainteach | ndeaschainteach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "deaschainteach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.