déistineach
Irish
Alternative forms
- déisteanach
Etymology
From Middle Irish déistinech; déistin (“distaste, nausea; disgust, loathing”) + -ach.
Adjective
déistineach (genitive singular masculine déistinigh, genitive singular feminine déistiní, plural déistineacha, comparative déistiní)
- distasteful, nauseating
- disgusting, loathsome
Declension
Declension of déistineach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | déistineach | dhéistineach | déistineacha; dhéistineacha² | |
| Vocative | dhéistinigh | déistineacha | ||
| Genitive | déistiní | déistineacha | déistineach | |
| Dative | déistineach; dhéistineach¹ | dhéistineach; dhéistinigh (archaic) | déistineacha; dhéistineacha² | |
| Comparative | níos déistiní | |||
| Superlative | is déistiní | |||
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| déistineach | dhéistineach | ndéistineach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “déistineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “déistineach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “déistineach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.