déanach
Irish
Alternative forms
- déidheanach, déidheannach
Etymology
From Old Irish déidenach, dídenach (“last, final (in time or succession); last up to the present, recent”), from díden f (“end”).
Adjective
déanach (genitive singular masculine déanaigh, genitive singular feminine déanaí, plural déanacha, not comparable)
- last
- late
- up-to-date
Declension
Declension of déanach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | déanach | dhéanach | déanacha; dhéanacha² | |
| Vocative | dhéanaigh | déanacha | ||
| Genitive | déanaí | déanacha | déanach | |
| Dative | déanach; dhéanach¹ | dhéanach; dhéanaigh (archaic) | déanacha; dhéanacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- deireanach
- mall
Derived terms
- déanaí
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| déanach | dhéanach | ndéanach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "déanach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “déidenach, dídenach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.