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deacht

deacht

Irish

Noun

deacht m (genitive singular deachta, nominative plural deachtanna)

  1. dictum

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deacht dheacht ndeacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

From día + -acht.

Noun

deacht f

  1. godliness, divinity
  2. godhead

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

References

  • deacht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.