déadach
Irish
Etymology
From déad (“tooth”) + -ach.
Adjective
déadach (genitive singular masculine déadaigh, genitive singular feminine déadaí, plural déadacha, comparative déadaí)
- toothed
- (phonetics, etc.) dental
Declension
Declension of déadach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | déadach | dhéadach | déadacha; dhéadacha² | |
| Vocative | dhéadaigh | déadacha | ||
| Genitive | déadaí | déadacha | déadach | |
| Dative | déadach; dhéadach¹ | dhéadach; dhéadaigh (archaic) | déadacha; dhéadacha² | |
| Comparative | níos déadaí | |||
| Superlative | is déadaí | |||
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
- liopa-dhéadach (“labiodental”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| déadach | dhéadach | ndéadach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||