deagánach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • déagánach, diogánach

Etymology

From Middle Irish deccánach (“dean”),[1] from decán, from a conflation of Latin diaconus (“deacon, minister”) and decānus (“leader of ten people”).

Pronunciation

Noun

deagánach m (genitive singular deagánaigh, nominative plural deagánaigh)

  1. (Christianity) deacon

Declension

Declension of deagánach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative deagánach deagánaigh
vocative a dheagánaigh a dheagánacha
genitive deagánaigh deagánach
dative deagánach deagánaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an deagánach na deagánaigh
genitive an deagánaigh na ndeagánach
dative leis an deagánach
don deagánach 		leis na deagánaigh

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • deagántacht (“deaconship”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deagánach
radical lenition eclipsis
deagánach dheagánach ndeagánach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “decánach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “deagánach”, in Irish Pronunciation Database, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 427, page 138

Further reading

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