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deireanach
deireanach
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
deireanach (genitive singular masculine deireanaigh, genitive singular feminine deireanaí, plural deireanacha, comparative deireanaí)
Declension
Declension of deireanach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | deireanach | dheireanach | deireanacha; dheireanacha² |
|
| Vocative | dheireanaigh | deireanacha | ||
| Genitive | deireanaí | deireanacha | deireanach | |
| Dative | deireanach; dheireanach¹ |
dheireanach; dheireanaigh (archaic) |
deireanacha; dheireanacha² |
|
| Comparative | níos deireanaí | |||
| Superlative | is deireanaí | |||
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 |
| deireanach | dheireanach | ndeireanach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “deiredach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “deireannach” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "deireanach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.