dálach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dálach (“holding assemblies, frequenting meetings”), from dál (“meeting”). By surface analysis, dáil +‎ -ach.

Adjective

dálach (genitive singular masculine dálaigh, genitive singular feminine dálaí, plural dálacha, comparative dálaí)

  1. (literary) fond of meetings

Declension

Declension of dálach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative dálach dhálach dálacha;
dhálacha2
vocative dhálaigh dálacha
genitive dálaí dálacha dálach
dative dálach;
dhálach1 		dhálach;
dhálaigh (archaic) 		dálacha;
dhálacha2
Comparative níos dálaí
Superlative is dálaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • Ó Dálaigh (“O'Daly, O'Daley”)

Noun

dálach m (genitive singular dálaigh)

  1. (literary) day of assembly

Declension

Declension of dálach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative dálach
vocative a dhálaigh
genitive dálaigh
dative dálach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an dálach
genitive an dálaigh
dative leis an dálach
don dálach

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dálach
radical lenition eclipsis
dálach dhálach ndálach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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