deireanach
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish deiredach; synchronically analyzable as a modification of deireadh + -ach.
Pronunciation
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
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 79
Further reading
- Entries containing “deireanach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “deireanach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “deiredach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “deireannaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 235
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “deireanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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