deighil
Irish
Alternative forms
- deaghlaigh
Etymology
From Middle Irish dedlaid.
Verb
deighil (present analytic deighleann, future analytic deighilfidh, verbal noun deighilt, past participle deighilte)
Conjugation
conjugation of deighil (first conjugation – B)
| verbal noun | deighilt | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | deighilte | |||||||
| tense | singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| indicative | ||||||||
| present | deighlim | deighleann tú; deighlir† |
deighleann sé, sí | deighlimid | deighleann sibh | deighleann siad; deighlid† |
a dheighleann; a dheighleas / a ndeighleann* |
deighiltear |
| past | dheighil mé; dheighleas | dheighil tú; dheighlis | dheighil sé, sí | dheighleamar; dheighil muid | dheighil sibh; dheighleabhair | dheighil siad; dheighleadar | a dheighil / ar dheighil* |
deighleadh |
| past habitual | dheighlinn / ndeighlinn‡‡ | dheighilteá / ndeighilteᇇ | dheighleadh sé, sí / ndeighleadh sé, s퇇 | dheighlimis; dheighleadh muid / ndeighlimis‡‡; ndeighleadh muid‡‡ | dheighleadh sibh / ndeighleadh sibh‡‡ | dheighlidís; dheighleadh siad / ndeighlidís‡‡; ndeighleadh siad‡‡ | a dheighleadh / a ndeighleadh* |
dheighiltí / ndeighilt퇇 |
| future | deighilfidh mé; deighilfead |
deighilfidh tú; deighilfir† |
deighilfidh sé, sí | deighilfimid; deighilfidh muid |
deighilfidh sibh | deighilfidh siad; deighilfid† |
a dheighilfidh; a dheighilfeas / a ndeighilfidh* |
deighilfear |
| conditional | dheighilfinn / ndeighilfinn‡‡ | dheighilfeá / ndeighilfeᇇ | dheighilfeadh sé, sí / ndeighilfeadh sé, s퇇 | dheighilfimis; dheighilfeadh muid / ndeighilfimis‡‡; ndeighilfeadh muid‡‡ | dheighilfeadh sibh / ndeighilfeadh sibh‡‡ | dheighilfidís; dheighilfeadh siad / ndeighilfidís‡‡; ndeighilfeadh siad‡‡ | a dheighilfeadh / a ndeighilfeadh* |
dheighilfí / ndeighilf퇇 |
| subjunctive | ||||||||
| present | go ndeighle mé; go ndeighlead† |
go ndeighle tú; go ndeighlir† |
go ndeighle sé, sí | go ndeighlimid; go ndeighle muid |
go ndeighle sibh | go ndeighle siad; go ndeighlid† |
— | go ndeighiltear |
| past | dá ndeighlinn | dá ndeighilteá | dá ndeighleadh sé, sí | dá ndeighlimis; dá ndeighleadh muid |
dá ndeighleadh sibh | dá ndeighlidís; dá ndeighleadh siad |
— | dá ndeighiltí |
| imperative | ||||||||
| – | deighlim | deighil | deighleadh sé, sí | deighlimis | deighligí; deighlidh† |
deighlidís | — | deighiltear |
*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
- deighleog f (“segment”, noun)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| deighil | dheighil | ndeighil |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deighil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dedlaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “deaġluiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 314; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deighil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “deighil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025