dea-labharthach

Irish

Etymology

From dea-labhartha +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːlˠoːɾˠha(x)/[1]

Adjective

dea-labharthach (genitive singular masculine dea-labharthaigh, genitive singular feminine dea-labharthaí, plural dea-labharthacha, comparative dea-labharthaí)

  1. alternative form of dea-labhartha (“well-spoken”)

Declension

Declension of dea-labharthach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative dea-labharthach dhea-labharthach dea-labharthacha;
dhea-labharthacha2
vocative dhea-labharthaigh dea-labharthacha
genitive dea-labharthaí dea-labharthacha dea-labharthach
dative dea-labharthach;
dhea-labharthach1 		dhea-labharthach;
dhea-labharthaigh (archaic) 		dea-labharthacha;
dhea-labharthacha2
Comparative níos dea-labharthaí
Superlative is dea-labharthaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of dea-labharthach
radical lenition eclipsis
dea-labharthach dhea-labharthach ndea-labharthach

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37
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