deireanach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Altered from Middle Irish deiredach.[1] By surface analysis, deireadh +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲən̪ˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲənˠəx/, /ˈdʲɛɾʲən̪ˠəx/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲ(ə)nəx/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲənˠa(h)/, /ˈdʲɛɾʲən̪ˠa(h)/

Adjective

deireanach (genitive singular masculine deireanaigh, genitive singular feminine deireanaí, plural deireanacha, comparative deireanaí)

  1. last
  2. late (after proper time; advanced in time)
  3. latter, recent, latest

Declension

Declension of deireanach
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of deireanach
radical lenition eclipsis
deireanach dheireanach ndeireanach

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), “deiredach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 79

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