déghnéasach
Irish
Etymology
From dé- (“bi-”) + gnéas (“sex”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
déghnéasach (genitive singular masculine déghnéasaigh, genitive singular feminine déghnéasaí, plural déghnéasacha, not comparable)
- (sexuality) bisexual
- (biology) hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic
- (botany) bisexual
Declension
Declension of déghnéasach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | déghnéasach | dhéghnéasach | déghnéasacha; dhéghnéasacha² | |
Vocative | dhéghnéasaigh | déghnéasacha | ||
Genitive | déghnéasaí | déghnéasacha | déghnéasach | |
Dative | déghnéasach; dhéghnéasach¹ | dhéghnéasach; dhéghnéasaigh (archaic) | déghnéasacha; dhéghnéasacha² | |
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.
Noun
déghnéasach m (genitive singular déghnéasaigh, nominative plural déghnéasaigh)
- (sexuality) bisexual
- (biology) hermaphrodite
- (botany) bisexual
Declension
Declension of déghnéasach
First declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
déghnéasach | dhéghnéasach | ndéghnéasach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “déghnéasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “déghnéasach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “déghnéasach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.