Irish
Etymology
From domhain, doimhne (“deep”, adjective) + -acht (abstract nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠiːnʲəxt̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠevʲnʲəxt̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠevʲnʲaxt̪ˠ/
Noun
doimhneacht f (genitive singular doimhneachta, nominative plural doimhneachtaí)
- depth
- Synonyms: doimhne, doimhneas
- Antonym: éadoimhneacht
Declension
Declension of doimhneacht (third declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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doimhneacht
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doimhneachtaí
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| vocative
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a dhoimhneacht
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a dhoimhneachtaí
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| genitive
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doimhneachta
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doimhneachtaí
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| dative
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doimhneacht
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doimhneachtaí
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of doimhneacht
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| doimhneacht
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dhoimhneacht
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ndoimhneacht
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- “doimhneacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doimnecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doimhneacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “doimhneacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “doimhneacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025